{"id":189703,"date":"1997-12-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=189703"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:38:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:38:33","slug":"auto-insert-189703","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-189703\/","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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[on the report of the Second Committee (A\/52\/632)<\/i>]<\/p><\/div>\n

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52\/207.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population<\/strong><\/p>\n

in the occupied Syrian Golan 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 51\/190 of 16 December 1996 and Economic and Social Council resolution 1997\/67 of 25 July 1997,<\/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>Reaffirming<\/i> 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 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>Expressing its concern<\/i> at the difficulties facing the Middle East peace process which 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, as well as concern over the lack of implementation of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, signed in Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993,2<\/u>\/ and the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of 28 September 1995,3<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t\t<\/span>Takes note<\/i> of the report transmitted by the Secretary-General;4<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2.\t\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\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\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 negotiation 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-third session on the implementation of the present resolution, and decides to include in the agenda of its fifty-third 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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77th plenary meeting<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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18 December 1997<\/i><\/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<\/i>, vol. 75, No. 973.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/48\/486-S\/26560, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-eighth Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1993<\/i>, document S\/26560.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/51\/889-S\/1997\/357, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-second Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1997<\/i>, document S\/1997\/357.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>4<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/52\/172-E\/1997\/71 and Corr. 1, annex.<\/p><\/div>\n

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