Resolution 44/48
(December 8, 1989)
A
The General Assembly,
Guided 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/
Aware of the uprising (intifadah) of the
Palestinian people since 9 December 1987 against Israeli occupation, which
has received significant attention and sympathy from world public opinion,
Deeply concerned 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,
Bearing in mind the provisions of the Geneva
Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,
of 12 August 1949,2/ as well as of other relevant conventions and
regulations,
Taking into account the need to consider measures
for the impartial protection of the Palestinian people under the Israeli
occupation,
Recalling all 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,
Recalling also 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,
Recalling further the relevant resolutions
adopted by the Commission on Human Rights, in particular resolutions 1983/1
of 15 February 1983,3/ 1984/1 of 20 February 1984,4/ 1985/1 A
and B and 1985/2 of 19 February 1985,5/ 1986/1 A and B and 1986/2 of
20 February 1986,6/ 1987/1, 1987/2 A and B and 1987/4 of 19 February
1987,7/ 1988/1 A and B and 1988/2 of 15 February 1988 and 1988/3 of
22 February 1988,8/ 1989/1 and 1989/2 of 17 February 1989 and
1989/19 of 6 March 1989,9/ and by other United Nations organs
concerned and the specialized agencies,
Having considered the reports of the Special
Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of
the Population of the Occupied Territories,10/ which contain, inter
alia, self-incriminating public statements made by officials of Israel,
the occupying Power,
Having also considered the reports of the
Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 11/ and 20 October 1989,12/
1. Commends 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;
2. Deplores 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;
3. Demands that Israel allow the Special
Committee access to those occupied territories;
4. Reaffirms 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;
5. Condemns 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;
6. Declares once more that Israel's grave
breaches of that Convention are war crimes and an affront to humanity;
7. Reaffirms, 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;
8. Strongly condemns the following Israeli
policies and practices:
(a) Annexation of parts of the occupied
Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem;
(b) Imposition of Israeli laws, jurisdiction and
administration on the Syrian Arab Golan, which has resulted in the
effective annexation of that territory;
(c) Illegal imposition and levy of taxes and
dues;
(d) 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;
(e) Eviction, deportation, expulsion,
displacement and transfer of Palestinians and other Arabs of those occupied
territories and denial of their right to return;
(f) 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;
(g) Excavation and transformation of the
landscape and the historical, cultural and religious sites, especially at
Jerusalem;
(h) Pillaging of archaeological and cultural
property;
(i) Destruction and demolition of Palestinian and
other Arab houses;
(j) Collective punishment, mass arrests,
administrative detention and ill- treatment of Palestinians and other
Arabs;
(k) Torture of Palestinians and other Arabs;
(l) Interference with religious freedoms and
practices, as well as family rights and customs;
(m) 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;
(n) Interference with the freedom of movement of
individuals within the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem,
and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
(o) Illegal exploitation of the natural wealth,
resources and labour of those occupied territories;
9. Strongly condemns, in particular, the
following Israeli policies and practices:
(a) Implementation of an "iron-fist"
policy against the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian
territory;
(b) Escalation of Israeli brutality since the
beginning of the uprising (intifadah) on 9 December 1987;
(c) Ill-treatment and torture of children and
minors under detention and/or imprisonment;
(d) 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;
(e) 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;
(f) Killing and wounding of defenceless
demonstrators;
(g) Breaking of bones and limbs of thousands of
civilians;
(h) House and/or town arrests;
(i) Use of toxic gas, which has resulted, inter
alia, in the killing of many Palestinians;
10. Condemns 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;
11. Strongly condemns 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;
12. Requests 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;
13. Urges 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;
14. Reaffirms 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;
15. Demands that Israel desist forthwith from the
policies and practices referred to in paragraphs 8, 9, 10 and 11 above;
16. Calls upon 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;
17. Also calls upon 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;
18. Urges 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;
19. Reiterates its call 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;
20. Requests 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;
21. Also requests the Special Committee to submit
regularly to the Secretary-General periodic reports on the present
situation in the occupied Palestinian territory;
22. Further requests 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;
23. Condemns 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;
24. Requests the Secretary-General:
(a) 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;
(b) To continue to make available additional
staff as may be necessary to assist the Special Committee in the
performance of its tasks;
(c) To circulate regularly and periodically the
reports mentioned in paragraph 21 above to the States Members of the United
Nations;
(d) 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;
(e) To report to the General Assembly at its
forty-fifth session on the tasks entrusted to him in the present
resolution;
25. Decides 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";
26. Also decides 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".
B
The General Assembly,
Recalling Security Council resolution 465 (1980)
of 1 March 1980, in which, inter alia, the Council affirmed that the
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of
War, of 12 August 1949,2/ is applicable to the Arab territories
occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem,
Recalling also 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,
Taking note of the reports of the
Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 11/ and 28 September 1989,13/
Considering 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,
Bearing in mind the provisions of the Geneva
Convention,
Noting that Israel and the concerned Arab States
whose territories have been occupied by Israel since June 1967 are parties
to the Convention,
Taking into account 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,
1. Reaffirms 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;
2. Condemns once again the failure of Israel, the
occupying Power, to acknowledge the applicability of the Convention to the
territories it has occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem;
3. Strongly demands 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;
4. Urgently calls upon 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;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to
the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session on the implementation of
the present resolution.
C
The General Assembly,
Recalling Security Council resolution 465 (1980)
of 1 March 1980,
Recalling also 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,
Expressing grave anxiety and concern 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,
Taking note of the reports of the
Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 11/ and 28 September 1989,14/
Confirming that the Geneva Convention relative to
the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2/
is applicable to all Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by
Israel since June 1967, including Jerusalem,
1. Determines 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;
2. Strongly deplores 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;
3. Demands that Israel comply strictly with its
international obligations in accordance with the principles of
international law and the provisions of the Geneva Convention;
4. Demands once more 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;
5. Urgently calls upon 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;
6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to
the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session on the implementation of
the present resolution.
D
The General Assembly,
Recalling Security Council resolution 605 (1987)
of 22 December 1987,
Recalling also 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,
Taking note of the reports of the Special
Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of
the Population of the Occupied Territories,10/
Taking note also of the reports of the
Secretary-General of 21 January 1988,11/ 28 September 1989 15/
and 20 October 1989,12/
1. Deplores 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;
2. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to
release all Palestinians and other Arabs arbitrarily detained or
imprisoned;
3. Requests 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.
E
The General Assembly,
Recalling 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,
Taking note of the reports of the
Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 11/ and 28 September 1989,16/
Alarmed by the continuing deportation of
Palestinians from the occupied Palestinian territory by the Israeli
authorities,
Recalling the Geneva Convention relative to the
Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2/
in particular article 1 and the first paragraph of article 49, which read
as follows:
"Article 1
"The High Contracting Parties undertake to respect and to ensure
respect for the present Convention in all circumstances."
"Article 49
"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 ...",
Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention to the
Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967,
including Jerusalem,
1. Strongly deplores the continuing disregard by
Israel, the occupying Power, of the relevant decisions of the Security
Council and resolutions of the General Assembly;
2. Demands 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;
3. Calls upon 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;
4. Requests 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.
F
The General Assembly,
Deeply concerned that the Arab territories
occupied since 1967 have been under continued Israeli military occupation,
Recalling Security Council resolution 497 (1981)
of 17 December 1981,
Recalling also 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,
Having considered the report of the
Secretary-General of 20 October 1989,
Recalling 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, it
called upon Israel to put an end to its occupation of the Arab territories
and to withdraw from all those territories,
Reaffirming once more 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,
Reaffirming 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,
Recalling the Geneva Convention relative to the
Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2/
1. Strongly condemns Israel, the occupying Power,
for its refusal to comply with the relevant resolutions of the General
Assembly and the Security Council, particularly Council resolution 497
(1981), in which the Council, inter alia, 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;
2. Condemns the persistence of Israel in changing
the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure
and legal status of the occupied Syrian Arab Golan;
3. Determines 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;
4. Strongly condemns 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;
5. Calls once again upon Member States not to
recognize any of the legislative or administrative measures and actions
referred to above;
6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to
the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session on the implementation of
the present resolution.
G
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind the Geneva Convention relative to
the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2/
Deeply concerned at the continued and intensified
harassment by Israel, the occupying Power, against educational institutions
in the occupied Palestinian territory,
Recalling Security Council resolution 605 (1987)
of 22 December 1987,
Recalling also 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,
Taking note of the reports of the
Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 11/ and 28 September 1989,18/
Taking note also 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,
1. Reaffirms 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;
2. Condemns 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;
3. Also condemns 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;
4. Demands 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;
5. Requests 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.
_________
1/ Resolution 217 A (III).
2/ United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75,
No. 973.
3/ See Official Records of the Economic and
Social Council, 1983, Supplement No. 3 and corrigendum
(E/1983/13 and Corr.1), chap. XXVII, sect. A.
4/ Ibid., 1984, Supplement No. 4 and
corrigendum (E/1984/14 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A.
5/ Ibid., 1985, Supplement No. 2 (E/1985/22), chap. II, sect. A.
6/ Ibid., 1986, Supplement No. 2 (E/1986/22), chap. II, sect. A.
7/ Ibid., 1987, Supplement No. 5 and
corrigendum (E/1987/18 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.
8/ Ibid., 1988, Supplement No. 2 (E/1988/12), chap. II, sect. A.
9/ Ibid., 1989, Supplement No. 2 (E/1989/20), chap. II, sect. A.
10/ A/44/352 and A/44/599.
11/ S/19443.
12/ A/44/640.
13/ A/44/562.
14/ A/44/563.
15/ A/44/564.
16/ A/44/565.
17/ A/44/643.
18/ A/44/566.
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RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44/48 A: 107-2-41
In favour: 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.
Against: Israel, United States.
Abstaining: 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.
Absent: Belize, Chile, Congo, El Salvador,
Gambia*, Haiti, Niger, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
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*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended
to vote in favour.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44/48 B: 149-1-2
In favour: 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.
Against: Israel.
Abstaining: Dominica, United States.
Absent: Belize, Congo, El Salvador, Gambia*,
Niger, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
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*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended
to vote in favour.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44/48 C: 146-1-3
In favour: 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.
Against: Israel.
Abstaining: Dominica, Kenya, United States.
Absent: Belize, Congo, El Salvador, Gambia*,
Haiti, Niger, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia*.
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*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended
to vote in favour.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44/48 D: 145-2-2
In favour: 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.
Against: Israel, United States.
Abstaining: Dominica, Kenya.
Absent: Belize, Chile, Congo, El Salvador,
Gambia*, Haiti, Niger, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Thailand.
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*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended
to vote in favour.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44/48 E: 150-1-2
In favour: 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.
Against: Israel.
Abstaining: Dominica, United States.
Absent: Belize, Congo, El Salvador, Gambia*,
Saint Kitts and Nevis.
____________
*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended
to vote in favour.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44/48 F: 148-1-4
In favour: 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.
Against: Israel.
Abstaining: Costa Rica, Dominica, Kenya, United
States.
Absent: Belize, Congo, El Salvador, Gambia*,
Saint Kitts and Nevis.
____________
*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended
to vote in favour.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44/48 G: 150-2-1
In favour: 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.
Against: Israel, United States.
Abstaining: Dominica.
Absent: Belize, Congo, El Salvador, Gambia*,
Saint Kitts and Nevis.
____________
*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended
to vote in favour.
Sources: The United Nations |