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RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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[on the report of the Second Committee (A\/51\/601)]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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51\/190.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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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<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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\t<\/span>Recalling<\/u> Economic and Social Council resolution 1996\/40 of 26 July 1996, <\/p><\/div>\n

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

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\t<\/span>Guided<\/u> by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, affirming the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, and recalling 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>Reaffirming<\/u> the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,1<\/u>\/ 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>Expressing concern<\/u> 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<\/u> 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>Welcoming<\/u> the ongoing Middle East peace process which was started at Madrid on 30 October 1991 and which is based on Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 and 425 (1978) of 19 March 1978 and the principle of land for peace, in particular the two implementation agreements embodied in the Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area of 4 May 1994 2<\/u>\/ and the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip of 28 September 1995,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Takes note<\/u> of the report of the Secretary-General;3<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Reaffirms<\/u> the inalienable right 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<\/u> Israel, the occupying Power, not to exploit, to cause loss and 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<\/u> 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 negotiation between the Palestinian and Israeli sides;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>5.\t<\/span>Requests<\/u> the Secretary-General to report to it, at its fifty-second session, on the implementation of the present resolution, and decides to include in the agenda of its fifty-second session an 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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86th plenary meeting<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n

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16 December 1996<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n

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

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

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\t<\/span>2<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/49\/180-S\/1994\/727, annex;  see Official Records of the Security Council,<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n

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Forty-ninth Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1994<\/u>, document S\/1994\/727.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/51\/135-E\/1996\/51.<\/p><\/div>\n

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