{"id":187633,"date":"2001-12-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=187633"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:16:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:16:46","slug":"auto-insert-187633","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-187633\/","title":{"rendered":"Sovereignty over natural resources in the OT – GA resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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[<\/span>on the report of the Second Committee (<\/i><\/span>A\/56\/564<\/i><\/a>)<\/i><\/span>]<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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56\/204.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the<\/strong><\/p>\n

Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem,<\/strong><\/p>\n

and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan<\/strong><\/p>\n

over their natural resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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

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\t<\/span>Recalling<\/i> its resolution 55\/209 of 20 December 2000, and taking note of Economic and Social Council resolution 2001\/19 of 25 July 2001,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Reaffirming<\/i> the principle of the permanent sovereignty of peoples under foreign occupation over their natural resources,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Guided <\/i>by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations affirming the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, and recalling relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980 and 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981,<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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\t<\/span>Expressing its concern<\/i> at the exploitation by Israel, the occupying Power, of the natural resources of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Aware<\/i> of the additional detrimental economic and social impact of the Israeli settlements on Palestinian and other Arab natural resources, especially the confiscation of land and the forced diversion of water resources,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Reaffirming<\/i> the need for an immediate resumption of negotiations within the Middle East peace process, on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 and 425 (1978) of 19 March 1978 and the principle of land for peace, and for the achievement of a final settlement on all tracks,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span><\/span>Takes note<\/i><\/span> of the note by the Secretary-General on the economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan;<\/span>2<\/sup><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Reaffirms<\/i> the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and the population of the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources, including land and water;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Calls upon<\/i> Israel, the occupying Power, not to exploit, to cause loss or depletion of or to endanger the natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>4.\t<\/span>Recognizes<\/i> the right of the Palestinian people to claim restitution as a result of any exploitation, loss or depletion of, or danger to, their natural resources, and expresses the hope that this issue will be dealt with in the framework of the final status negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>5.\t<\/span>Requests<\/i> the Secretary-General to report to it at its fifty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution, and decides to include in the agenda of its fifty-seventh session the item entitled “Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources”.<\/p><\/div>\n

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90th plenary meeting<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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21 December 2001<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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Notes<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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1<\/sup><\/span>United Nations, <\/span>Treaty Series<\/i><\/span>, vol. 75, No. 973.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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 2<\/sup><\/span>A\/56\/90-E\/2001\/17.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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