{"id":188422,"date":"2003-10-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=188422"},"modified":"2021-11-10T16:50:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T21:50:29","slug":"auto-insert-188422","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-188422\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistance to Palestine refugees – Draft resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Palestine: draft resolution<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Assistance to Palestine refugees<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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

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\t<\/span><\/span>Recalling <\/i><\/span>its resolution 194 (III) of 11 December 1948 and all its subsequent resolutions on the question, including resolution 57\/117 of 11 December 2002,<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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 \t<\/span>Recalling also <\/i>its resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949, by which, inter alia, it established the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling further <\/i>relevant Security Council resolutions,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Aware <\/i>of the fact that the Palestine refugees have, for more than five decades, lost their homes, lands and means of livelihood,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Affirming <\/i>the imperative of resolving the problem of the Palestine refugees for the achievement of justice and for the achievement of lasting peace in the region, <\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Acknowledging <\/i>the essential role that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East has played for more than fifty-three years since its establishment in ameliorating the plight of the Palestine refugees in the fields of education, health and relief and social services,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Taking note <\/i><\/span>of the report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East covering the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003,<\/span> <\/sup><\/span>1<\/u><\/sup><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Aware<\/i> of the continuing needs of Palestine refugees throughout all the fields of operation, namely in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Occupied Palestinian Territory,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Expressing grave concern <\/i>at the especially difficult situation of the Palestine refugees under occupation, including with regard to their safety, well-being and living conditions, and the continuous deterioration of those conditions during the recent period,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span><\/span>Noting <\/i><\/span>the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements on 13 September 1993 by the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization<\/span> <\/sup><\/span>2<\/u><\/sup><\/a> and the subsequent implementation agreements,<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Aware <\/i>that the Multilateral Working Group on Refugees of the Middle East peace process has an important role to play in the peace process,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Notes with regret <\/i>that repatriation or compensation of the refugees, as provided for in paragraph 11 of its resolution 194 (III), has not yet been effected and that, therefore, the situation of the Palestine refugees continues to be a matter of concern; <\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span><\/span>Also notes with regret <\/i><\/span>that the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine has been unable to find a means of achieving progress in the implementation of paragraph 11 of General Assembly resolution 194 (III), and requests the Commission to exert continued efforts towards the implementation of that paragraph and to report to the Assembly as appropriate, but not later than 1 September 2004;<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Affirms <\/i>the necessity for the continuation of the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the importance of its operation and services for the well-being of the Palestine refugees and for the stability of the region, pending the resolution of the question of the Palestine refugees;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>4.\t<\/span>Calls upon <\/i>all donors to continue to make the most generous efforts possible to meet the anticipated needs of the Agency, including those mentioned in recent emergency appeals.<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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1<\/sup><\/span>Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 13 <\/i><\/span>and corrigendum (A\/58\/13 and Corr.1).<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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2<\/sup><\/span>A\/48\/486-S\/26560, annex.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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