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44\/48.  Report of the Special Committee to Investigate<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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        Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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        of the Population of the Occupied Territories<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The General Assembly,<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Guided<\/i> by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and by the principles and provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Aware <\/i>of the uprising (intifadah<\/i>) of the Palestinian people since 9 December 1987 against Israeli occupation, which has received significant attention and sympathy from world public opinion,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Deeply concerned <\/i>at the alarming situation in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, as well as in the other occupied Arab territories, as a result of the continued occupation by Israel, the occupying Power, and of its persistent policies against the Palestinian people,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Bearing in mind <\/i>the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2<\/u>\/ as well as of other relevant conventions and regulations,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Taking into account <\/i>the need to consider measures for the impartial protection of the Palestinian people under the Israeli occupation,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling all <\/i>its resolutions on the subject, in particular resolutions 32\/91 B and C of 13 December 1977, 33\/113 C of 18 December 1978, 34\/90 A of 12 December 1979, 35\/122 C of 11 December 1980, 36\/147 C of 16 December 1981, ES-9\/1 of 5 February 1982, 37\/88 C of 10 December 1982, 38\/79 D of 15 December 1983, 39\/95 D of 14 December 1984, 40\/161 D of 16 December 1985, 41\/63 D of 3 December 1986, 42\/160 D of 8 December 1987, 43\/21 of 3 November 1988, 43\/58 A of 6 December 1988 and 44\/2 of 6 October 1989,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling also <\/i>the relevant Security Council resolutions, in particular resolutions 605 (1987) of 22 December 1987, 607 (1988) of 5 January 1988, 608 (1988) of 14 January 1988, 636 (1989) of 6 July 1989 and 641 (1989) of 30 August 1989,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling further <\/i>the relevant resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights, in particular resolutions 1983\/1 of 15 February 1983,3<\/u>\/ 1984\/1 of 20 February 1984,4<\/u>\/ 1985\/1 A and B and 1985\/2 of 19 February 1985,5<\/u>\/ 1986\/1 A and B and 1986\/2 of 20 February 1986,6<\/u>\/ 1987\/1, 1987\/2 A and B and 1987\/4 of 19 February 1987,7<\/u>\/ 1988\/1 A and B and 1988\/2 of 15 February 1988 and 1988\/3 of 22 February 1988,8<\/u>\/ 1989\/1 and 1989\/2 of 17 February 1989 and 1989\/19 of 6 March 1989,9<\/u>\/ and by other United Nations organs concerned and the specialized agencies,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Having considered <\/i>the reports of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories,10<\/u>\/ which contain, inter alia, <\/i>self-incriminating public statements made by officials of Israel, the occupying Power,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Having also considered <\/i>the reports of the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 11<\/u>\/ and 20 October 1989,12<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Commends <\/i>the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories for its efforts in performing the tasks assigned to it by the General Assembly and for its impartiality;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Deplores <\/i>the continued refusal by Israel to allow the Special Committee access to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Demands <\/i>that Israel allow the Special Committee access to those occupied territories;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>4.\t<\/span>Reaffirms <\/i>the fact that occupation itself constitutes a grave violation of the human rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>5.\t<\/span>Condemns <\/i>the continued and persistent violation by Israel of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, and other applicable international instruments, and condemns in particular those violations which the Convention designates as "grave breaches" thereof;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>6.\t<\/span>Declares once more <\/i>that Israel's grave breaches of that Convention are war crimes and an affront to humanity;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>7.\t<\/span>Reaffirms, <\/i>in accordance with the Convention, that the Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories is of a temporary nature, thus giving no right whatsoever to the occupying Power over the territorial integrity of the occupied territories;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>8.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>the following Israeli policies and practices:<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(a)<\/i>\t<\/span>Annexation of parts of the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(b)<\/i>\t<\/span>Imposition of Israeli laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Syrian Arab Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(c)<\/i>\t<\/span>Illegal imposition and levy of taxes and dues;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(d)<\/i>\t<\/span>Establishment of new Israeli settlements and expansion of the existing settlements on private and public Palestinian and other Arab lands, and transfer of an alien population thereto;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(e)<\/i>\t<\/span>Eviction, deportation, expulsion, displacement and transfer of Palestinians and other Arabs of those occupied territories and denial of their right to return;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(f)<\/i>\t<\/span>Confiscation and expropriation of private and public Palestinian and other Arab property in those occupied territories and all other transactions for the acquisition of land by the Israeli authorities, institutions or nationals;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(g)<\/i>\t<\/span>Excavation and transformation of the landscape and the historical, cultural and religious sites, especially at Jerusalem;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(h)<\/i>\t<\/span>Pillaging of archaeological and cultural property;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(i)<\/i>\t<\/span>Destruction and demolition of Palestinian and other Arab houses;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(j)<\/i>\t<\/span>Collective punishment, mass arrests, administrative detention and ill- treatment of Palestinians and other Arabs;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(k)<\/i>\t<\/span>Torture of Palestinians and other Arabs;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(l)<\/i>\t<\/span>Interference with religious freedoms and practices, as well as family rights and customs;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(m)<\/i>\t<\/span>Interference with the system of education and with the social and economic and health development of the Palestinians and other Arabs in those occupied territories;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(n)<\/i>\t<\/span>Interference with the freedom of movement of individuals within the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(o)<\/i>\t<\/span>Illegal exploitation of the natural wealth, resources and labour of those occupied territories;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>9.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns, <\/i>in particular, the following Israeli policies and practices:<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(a)<\/i>\t<\/span>Implementation of an "iron-fist" policy against the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(b)<\/i>\t<\/span>Escalation  of  Israeli  brutality  since  the  beginning of the uprising (intifadah<\/i>) on 9 December 1987;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(c)<\/i>\t<\/span>Ill-treatment and torture of children and minors under detention and\/or imprisonment;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(d)<\/i>\t<\/span>Closure of headquarters and offices of trade unions and social organizations and harassment, including expulsion of their leaders, as well as attacks on hospitals and their personnel;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(e)<\/i>\t<\/span>Interference with the freedom of the press, including censorship, detention or expulsion of journalists, closure and suspension of newspapers and magazines, as well as denial of access to international media;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(f)<\/i>\t<\/span>Killing and wounding of defenceless demonstrators;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(g)<\/i>\t<\/span>Breaking of bones and limbs of thousands of civilians;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(h)<\/i>\t<\/span>House and\/or town arrests;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(i)<\/i>\t<\/span>Use of toxic gas, which has resulted, inter alia, <\/i>in the killing of many Palestinians;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>10.\t<\/span>Condemns <\/i>the Israeli repression against and closing of the educational institutions in the occupied Syrian Arab Golan, particularly the prohibition of Syrian textbooks and the Syrian educational system, the deprivation of Syrian students from pursuing their higher education in Syrian universities, the denial of the right to return to Syrian students receiving their higher education in the Syrian Arab Republic, the forcing of Hebrew on Syrian students, the imposition of courses that promote hatred, prejudice and religious intolerance, and the dismissal of teachers, all in clear violation of the Geneva Convention;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>11.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>the arming of Israeli settlers in those occupied territories to perpetrate and commit acts of violence against Palestinians and other Arabs, causing deaths and injuries;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>12.\t<\/span>Requests <\/i>the Security Council to ensure Israel's respect for and compliance with all the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and to initiate measures to halt Israeli policies and practices in those territories;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>13.\t<\/span>Urges <\/i>the Security Council to consider the current situation in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, taking into account the recommendations contained in the reports of the Secretary-General, and with a view to securing international protection for the defenceless Palestinian people until the withdrawal of Israel, the occupying Power, from the occupied Palestinian territory;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>14.\t<\/span>Reaffirms <\/i>that all measures taken by Israel to change the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure or legal status of those occupied territories, or any part thereof, including Jerusalem, are null and void, and that Israel's policy of settling parts of its population and new immigrants in those occupied territories constitutes a flagrant violation of the Geneva Convention and of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>15.\t<\/span>Demands <\/i>that Israel desist forthwith from the policies and practices referred to in paragraphs 8, 9, 10 and 11 above;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>16.\t<\/span>Calls upon <\/i>Israel, the occupying Power, to allow the reopening of the Roman Catholic Medical Facility Hospice in Jerusalem in order to continue to provide needed health and medical services to the Palestinians in the city;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>17.\t<\/span>Also calls upon <\/i>Israel, the occupying Power, to take immediate steps for the return of all displaced Arab and Palestinian inhabitants to their homes or former places of residence in the territories occupied by Israel since 1967, in implementation of Security Council resolution 237 (1967) of 14 June 1967;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>18.\t<\/span>Urges <\/i>international organizations, including the specialized agencies, in particular the International Labour Organisation, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the World Health Organization, to continue to examine the educational and health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>19.\t<\/span>Reiterates its call <\/i>upon all States, in particular those States parties to the Geneva Convention, in accordance with article 1 of that Convention, and upon international organizations, including the specialized agencies, not to recognize any changes carried out by Israel, the occupying Power, in those occupied territories and to avoid actions, including those in the field of aid, which might be used by Israel in its pursuit of the policies of annexation and colonization or any of the other policies and practices referred to in the present resolution;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>20.\t<\/span>Requests <\/i>the Special Committee, pending early termination of Israeli occupation, to continue to investigate Israeli policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, to consult, as appropriate, with the International Committee of the Red Cross in order to ensure the safeguarding of the welfare and human rights of the peoples of those occupied territories and to report to the Secretary-General as soon as possible and whenever the need arises thereafter;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>21.\t<\/span>Also requests <\/i>the Special Committee to submit regularly to the Secretary-General periodic reports on the present situation in the occupied Palestinian territory;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>22.\t<\/span>Further requests <\/i>the Special Committee to continue to investigate the treatment of prisoners in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>23.\t<\/span>Condemns <\/i>Israel's refusal to permit persons from the occupied Palestinian territory to appear as witnesses before the Special Committee and to participate in conferences and meetings held outside the occupied Palestinian territory;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>24.\t<\/span>Requests <\/i>the Secretary-General:<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(a)<\/i>\t<\/span>To provide all necessary facilities to the Special Committee, including those required for its visits to those occupied territories, so that it may investigate the Israeli policies and practices referred to in the present resolution;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(b)<\/i>\t<\/span>To continue to make available additional staff as may be necessary to assist the Special Committee in the performance of its tasks;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(c)<\/i>\t<\/span>To circulate regularly and periodically the reports mentioned in paragraph 21 above to the States Members of the United Nations;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(d)<\/i>\t<\/span>To ensure the widest circulation of the reports of the Special Committee and of information regarding its activities and findings, by all means available, through the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat and, where necessary, to reprint those reports of the Special Committee which are no longer available;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>(e)<\/i>\t<\/span>To report to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session on the tasks entrusted to him in the present resolution;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>25.\t<\/span>Decides <\/i>to change the name of the Special Committee to: "the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories";<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>26.\t<\/span>Also decides <\/i>to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-fifth session an item entitled "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories".<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The General Assembly,<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling<\/i> Security Council resolution 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980, in which, inter alia, <\/i>the Council affirmed that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2<\/u>\/ is applicable to the Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling also <\/i>its resolutions 3092 A (XXVIII) of 7 December 1973, 3240 B (XXIX) of 29 November 1974, 3525 B (XXX) of 15 December 1975, 31\/106 B of 16 December 1976, 32\/91 A of 13 December 1977, 33\/113 A of 18 December 1978, 34\/90 B of 12 December 1979,  35\/122 A of 11 December 1980,  36\/147 A  of  16  December  1981,  37\/88 A  of 10 December 1982, 38\/79 B of 15 December 1983, 39\/95 B of 14 December 1984, 40\/161 B of 16 December 1985, 41\/63 B of 3 December 1986, 42\/160 B of 8 December 1987 and 43\/58 B of 6 December 1988,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Taking note <\/i>of the reports of the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 11<\/u>\/ and 28 September 1989,13<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Considering <\/i>that the promotion of respect for the obligations arising from the Charter of the United Nations and other instruments and rules of international law is among the basic purposes and principles of the United Nations,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Bearing in mind <\/i>the provisions of the Geneva Convention,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Noting <\/i>that Israel and the concerned Arab States whose territories have been occupied by Israel since June 1967 are parties to the Convention,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Taking into account <\/i>that States parties to the Convention undertake, in accordance with article 1 thereof, not only to respect but also to ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Reaffirms <\/i>that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, is applicable to the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Condemns once again <\/i>the failure of Israel, the occupying Power, to acknowledge the applicability of the Convention to the territories it has occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Strongly demands <\/i>that Israel acknowledge and comply with the provisions of the Convention in the Palestinian and other Arab territories it has occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>4.\t<\/span>Urgently calls upon <\/i>all States parties to the Convention to exert all efforts in order to ensure respect for and compliance with its provisions in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>5.\t<\/span>Requests <\/i>the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The General Assembly,<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling<\/i> Security Council resolution 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling also <\/i>its resolutions 32\/5 of 28 October 1977, 33\/113 B of 18 December 1978,  34\/90 C of 12 December  1979,  35\/122 B  of 11  December  1980,  36\/147 B  of 16 December 1981, 37\/88 B of 10 December 1982, 38\/79 C of 15 December 1983, 39\/95 C of 14 December 1984, 40\/161 C of 16 December 1985, 41\/63 C of 3 December 1986, 42\/160 C of 8 December 1987 and 43\/58 C of 6 December 1988,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Expressing grave anxiety and concern <\/i>at the present serious situation in the Palestinian and other occupied Arab territories, including Jerusalem, as a result of the continued Israeli occupation and the measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, designed to change the legal status, geographical nature and demographic composition of those territories,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Taking note <\/i>of the reports of the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 11<\/u>\/ and 28 September 1989,14<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Confirming <\/i>that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2<\/u>\/ is applicable to all Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since June 1967, including Jerusalem,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Determines <\/i>that all such measures and actions taken by Israel in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, are in violation of the relevant provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, and constitute a serious obstacle to the efforts to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East and therefore have no legal validity;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Strongly deplores <\/i>the persistence of Israel in carrying out such measures, in particular the establishment of settlements in the Palestinian and other occupied Arab territories, including Jerusalem;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Demands <\/i>that Israel comply strictly with its international obligations in accordance with the principles of international law and the provisions of the Geneva Convention;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>4.\t<\/span>Demands once more <\/i>that Israel, the occupying Power, desist forthwith from taking any action that would result in changing the legal status, geographical nature or demographic composition of the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>5.\t<\/span>Urgently calls upon <\/i>all States parties to the Geneva Convention to respect and to exert all efforts in order to ensure respect for and compliance with its provisions in all Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>6.\t<\/span>Requests <\/i>the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The General Assembly,<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling<\/i> Security Council resolution 605 (1987) of 22 December 1987,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling  also  <\/i>its  resolutions  38\/79 A  of  15 December 1983,  39\/95 A  of 14 December 1984, 40\/161 A of 16 December 1985, 41\/63 A of 3 December 1986, 42\/160 A of 8 December 1987, 43\/21 of 3 November 1988, 43\/58 D of 6 December 1988 and 44\/2  of 6 October 1989,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Taking note <\/i>of the reports of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories,10<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Taking note also <\/i>of the reports of the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988,11<\/u>\/ 28 September 1989 15<\/u>\/ and 20 October 1989,12<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Deplores <\/i>the arbitrary detention or imprisonment by Israel of thousands of Palestinians as a result of their resistance against occupation in order to attain self-determination;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Calls upon <\/i>Israel, the occupying Power, to release all Palestinians and other Arabs arbitrarily detained or imprisoned;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Requests <\/i>the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly as soon as possible but not later than the beginning of its forty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The General Assembly,<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling<\/i> Security Council resolutions 605 (1987) of 22 December 1987, 607 (1988) of 5 January 1988, 608 (1988) of 14 January 1988, 636 (1989) of 6 July 1989 and 641 (1989) of 30 August 1989,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Taking note <\/i>of the reports of the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 11<\/u>\/ and 28 September 1989,16<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Alarmed <\/i>by the continuing deportation of Palestinians from the occupied Palestinian territory by the Israeli authorities,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling <\/i>the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2<\/u>\/ in particular article 1 and the first paragraph of article 49, which read as follows:<\/p><\/div>\n

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"Article 1<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>"The High Contracting Parties undertake to respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances."\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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"Article 49<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>"Individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory to the territory of the occupying Power or to that of any other country, occupied or not, are prohibited, regardless of their motive …",\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Reaffirming <\/i>the applicability of the Geneva Convention to the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Strongly deplores <\/i>the continuing disregard by Israel, the occupying Power, of the relevant decisions of the Security Council and resolutions of the General Assembly;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Demands <\/i>that the Government of Israel, the occupying Power, rescind the illegal measures taken by the Israeli authorities in deporting Palestinians and that it facilitate their immediate return;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Calls upon <\/i>Israel, the occupying Power, to cease forthwith the deportation of Palestinians and to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>4.\t<\/span>Requests <\/i>the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly as soon as possible but not later than the beginning of its forty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution.<\/p><\/div>\n

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F<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The General Assembly,<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Deeply concerned<\/i> that the Arab territories occupied since 1967 have been under continued Israeli military occupation,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling <\/i>Security Council resolution 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling  also  <\/i>its  resolutions  36\/226 B  of  17  December  1981,  ES-9\/1 of 5 February 1982, 37\/88 E of 10 December 1982, 38\/79 F of 15 December 1983, 39\/95 F of 14 December 1984, 40\/161 F of 16 December 1985, 41\/63 F of 3 December 1986, 42\/160 F of 8 December 1987,  43\/21 of 3 November 1988, 43\/58 F of 6 December 1988 and 44\/2 of 6 October 1989,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Having considered <\/i>the report of the Secretary-General of 20 October 1989,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span>Recalling <\/i> its  previous  resolutions,  in particular resolutions 3414 (XXX) of 5 December 1975, 31\/61 of 9 December 1976, 32\/20 of 25 November 1977, 33\/28 and 33\/29 of 7 December 1978, 34\/70 of 6 December 1979 and 35\/122 E of 11 December 1980, in which, inter alia, <\/i>it called upon Israel to put an end to its occupation of the Arab territories and to withdraw from all those territories,<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>Reaffirming once more <\/i>the illegality of Israel's decision of 14 December 1981 to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Syrian Arab Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>Reaffirming <\/i>that the acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible under the Charter of the United Nations and that all territories thus occupied by Israel must be returned,<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>Recalling <\/i>the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>Israel, the occupying Power, for its refusal 51ÁÔÆæ the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, particularly Council resolution 497 (1981), in which the Council, inter alia, <\/i>decided that the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Arab Golan was null and void and without international legal effect and demanded that Israel, the occupying Power, should rescind forthwith its decision;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Condemns <\/i>the persistence of Israel in changing the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure and legal status of the occupied Syrian Arab Golan;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Determines <\/i>that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken or to be taken by Israel, the occupying Power, that purport to alter the character and legal status of the Syrian Arab Golan are null and void and constitute a flagrant violation of international law and of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, and have no legal effect;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span>4.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>Israel for its attempts to impose forcibly Israeli citizenship and Israeli identity cards on the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Arab Golan, and calls upon it to desist from its repressive measures against the population of the Syrian Arab Golan;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span>5.\t<\/span>Calls once again upon <\/i>Member States not to recognize any of the legislative or administrative measures and actions referred to above;<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>6.\t<\/span>Requests <\/i>the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution.<\/p><\/div>\n

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G<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The General Assembly,<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span>Bearing in mind<\/i> the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span>Deeply concerned <\/i>at the continued and intensified harassment by Israel, the occupying Power, against educational institutions in the occupied Palestinian territory,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span>Recalling <\/i>Security Council resolution 605 (1987) of 22 December 1987,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span>Recalling  also  <\/i>its  resolutions  38\/79  G  of  15  December 1983, 39\/95 G of 14 December 1984, 40\/161 G of 16 December 1985, 41\/63 G of 3 December 1986, 42\/160 G of 8 December 1987, 43\/21 of 3 November 1988, 43\/58 G of 6  December 1988 and 44\/2 of 6 October 1989,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span>Taking note <\/i>of the reports of the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 11<\/u>\/ and 28 September 1989,18<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>Taking note also <\/i>of the relevant decisions adopted by the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization concerning the educational and cultural situation in the occupied Palestinian territory,<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Reaffirms <\/i>the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Condemns <\/i>Israeli policies and practices against Palestinian students and faculties in schools, universities and other educational institutions in the occupied Palestinian territory, especially the opening of fire on defenceless students, causing many casualties;<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Also condemns <\/i>the systematic Israeli campaign of repression against and closing of universities, schools and other educational and vocational institutions in the occupied Palestinian territory, in large numbers and for prolonged periods, restricting and impeding the academic activities of Palestinian universities by subjecting the selection of courses, textbooks and educational programmes, the admission of students and the appointment of faculty members to the control and supervision of the military occupation authorities, in flagrant contravention of the Geneva Convention;<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>4.\t<\/span>Demands <\/i>that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with the provisions of that Convention, rescind all actions and measures against all educational institutions, ensure the freedom of those institutions and refrain forthwith from hindering the effective operation of the universities, schools and other educational institutions;<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>5.\t<\/span>Requests <\/i>the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly as soon as possible but not later than the beginning of its forty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution.<\/p><\/div>\n

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_________<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span> 1<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Resolution 217 A (III).<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span> 2<\/u>\/\t<\/span>United Nations, Treaty Series<\/u>, vol. 75, No. 973.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span> 3<\/u>\/\t<\/span>See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1983, Supplement<\/u> No. 3<\/u> and corrigendum (E\/1983\/13 and Corr.1), chap. XXVII, sect. A.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span> 4<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Ibid., 1984, Supplement No. 4<\/u> and corrigendum (E\/1984\/14 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span> 5<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Ibid., 1985, Supplement No. 2<\/u> (E\/1985\/22), chap. II, sect. A.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span> 6<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Ibid., 1986, Supplement No. 2<\/u> (E\/1986\/22), chap. II, sect. A.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span> 7<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Ibid., 1987, Supplement No. 5<\/u> and corrigendum (E\/1987\/18 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span> 8<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Ibid., 1988, Supplement No. 2<\/u> (E\/1988\/12), chap. II, sect. A.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span> 9<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Ibid., 1989, Supplement No. 2<\/u> (E\/1989\/20), chap. II, sect. A.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span>10<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/44\/352 and A\/44\/599.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

\t<\/span>11<\/u>\/\t<\/span>S\/19443.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>12<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/44\/640.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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\t<\/span>13<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/44\/562.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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\t<\/span>14<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/44\/563.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>15<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/44\/564.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>16<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/44\/565.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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\t<\/span>17<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/44\/643.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>18<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/44\/566.<\/p><\/div>\n

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*     *     *<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44\/48 A:  107-2-41<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

In favour<\/u>:  Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Byelorussia, Cape Verde, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Against<\/u>:  Israel, United States.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Abstaining<\/u>:  Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Grenada, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Spain, Sweden, Togo, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zaire.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Absent<\/u>:  Belize, Chile, Congo, El Salvador, Gambia*, Haiti, Niger, Saint Kitts and Nevis.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

____________<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44\/48 B:  149-1-2<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

In favour<\/u>:  Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Byelorussia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Against<\/u>:  Israel.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Abstaining<\/u>:  Dominica, United States.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Absent<\/u>:  Belize, Congo, El Salvador, Gambia*, Niger, Saint Kitts and Nevis.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

____________<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span> *Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44\/48 C:  146-1-3<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

In favour<\/u>:  Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Byelorussia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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Against<\/u>:  Israel.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Abstaining<\/u>:  Dominica, Kenya, United States.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Absent<\/u>:  Belize, Congo, El Salvador, Gambia*, Haiti, Niger, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia*.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

____________<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span> *Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44\/48 D:  145-2-2<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

In favour<\/u>:  Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Byelorussia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Against<\/u>:  Israel, United States.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Abstaining<\/u>:  Dominica, Kenya.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Absent<\/u>:  Belize, Chile, Congo, El Salvador, Gambia*, Haiti, Niger, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Thailand.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

____________<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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\t<\/span> *Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44\/48 E:  150-1-2<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

In favour<\/u>:  Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Byelorussia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Against<\/u>:  Israel.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Abstaining<\/u>:  Dominica, United States.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Absent<\/u>:  Belize, Congo, El Salvador, Gambia*, Saint Kitts and Nevis.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

____________<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44\/48 F:  148-1-4<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\n

In favour<\/u>:  Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Byelorussia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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Against<\/u>:  Israel.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Abstaining<\/u>:  Costa Rica, Dominica, Kenya, United States.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Absent<\/u>:  Belize, Congo, El Salvador, Gambia*, Saint Kitts and Nevis.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

____________<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<\/span>*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44\/48 G:  150-2-1<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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In favour<\/u>:  Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Byelorussia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Against<\/u>:  Israel, United States.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Abstaining<\/u>:  Dominica.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Absent<\/u>:  Belize, Congo, El Salvador, Gambia*, Saint Kitts and Nevis.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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