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 about 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 their 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 Israeli occupation,
Recalling the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, 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, 641
(1989) of 30 August 1989, 672 (1990) of 12 October 1990, 673 (1990) of 24
October 1990 and 694 (1991) of 24 May 1991,
Recalling specifically Security Council resolution 681 (1990) of 20
December 1990, in paragraph 6 of which the Council requested "the
Secretary-General, in cooperation with the International Committee of the
Red Cross, to develop further the idea, expressed in his report, of
convening a meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the said Convention
to discuss possible measures that might be taken by them under the
Convention and, for this purpose, to invite the Parties to submit their
views on how the idea could contribute to the goals of the Convention, as
well as on other relevant matters, and to report thereon to the
Council",
Recalling also 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, 44/2 of 6 October
1989, 44/48 A of 8 December 1989 and 45/74 A of 11 December 1990,
Recalling further the relevant resolutions adopted by the Commission
on Human Rights, in particular its 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/
1990/1, 1990/2 and 1990/3 of 16 February 1990 and 1990/6 of 19 February
1990 10/ and 1991/1 A and B, 1991/3 and 1991/6 of 15 February 1991,11/
Having considered the reports of the Special Committee to
Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian
People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories,12/ 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 1988,13/ 31 October 1990,14/ 9 April 1991 15/
and 4 October 1991,16/
1. Commends the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices
Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs 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 the
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 1949,2/ 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 occupied Syrian 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 ones 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 from the occupied territories and denial of
their right to return;
(f) Confiscation and expropriation of private and public Palestinian
and other Arab property in the occupied territories and all other
transactions for the acquisition of land by 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 development and health of the Palestinians and other Arabs in
the 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 the occupied territories;
9. Also 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 of their leaders, including through expulsion,
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 Golan, particularly
prohibiting Syrian textbooks and the Syrian educational system, preventing
Syrian students from pursuing their higher education in Syrian
universities, denying the right of return to Syrian students receiving
their higher education in the Syrian Arab Republic, forcing Hebrew on
Syrian students, imposing courses that promote hatred, prejudice and
religious intolerance and dismissing teachers, all in clear violation of
the Convention;2/
11. Strongly condemns the arming of Israeli settlers in the 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 Convention 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, 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 the 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 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 at 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 Convention, in accordance with article 1 thereof, and upon
international organizations, including the specialized agencies, not to
recognize any changes carried out by Israel, the occupying Power, in the
occupied territories and to avoid actions, including those in the field of
aid, that 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. Urges all the High Contracting Parties to the Convention to
respond to the inquiry submitted to them by the Secretary-General in
accordance with paragraph 6 of Security Council resolution 681 (1990);
21. Requests the Special Committee, pending early termination of the
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 according to
its regulations in order to ensure that the welfare and human rights of the
peoples of the occupied territories are safeguarded and to report to the
Secretary-General as soon as possible and whenever the need arises
thereafter;
22. Also requests the Special Committee to submit regularly to the
Secretary General periodic reports on the present situation in the occupied
Palestinian territory;
23. 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;
24. 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;
25. Condemns Israel's latest attack against the Sharia Islamic Court
in occupied Jerusalem on 18 November 1991, when Israeli forces took away
important documents and papers;
26. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, return immediately all
documents and papers that were taken away from the Sharia Islamic Court in
occupied Jerusalem, to the officials of the said Court;
27. Requests the Secretary-General:
(a) To provide all necessary facilities to the Special Committee,
including those required for its visits to the occupied territories, so
that it may investigate the Israeli policies and practices referred to in
the present resolution;
(b) To continue to make available such 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 Member States;
(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 that are no longer available;
(e) To report to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session
on the tasks entrusted to him in the present resolution;
28. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its
forty-seventh session the 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 Security Council resolutions 672 (1990) of 12 October
1990, 673 (1990) of 24 October 1990 and 681 (1990) of 20 December 1990,
Recalling further 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, 43/58 B of 6
December 1988, 44/48 B of 8 December 1989 and 45/74 B of 11 December 1990,
Recalling the reports of the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 13/
and 31 October 1990,14/ and taking note of the reports of the
Secretary-General of 9 April 1991 15/ and 11 September 1991,17/
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 Convention,2/
Noting that Israel and the concerned Arab States whose territories
have been occupied by Israel since June 1967 are parties to that
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
occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab
territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
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 accept the de jure applicability of the Convention and comply with its provisions in the
occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab
territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
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 occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and
other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its forty-seventh session on the implementation of the present
resolution.
C
The General Assembly,
Recalling Security Council resolutions 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980,
605 (1987) of 22 December 1987, 672 (1990) of 12 October 1990, 673 (1990)
of 24 October 1990 and 681 (1990) of 20 December 1990,
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, 43/58 C of 6
December 1988, 44/48 C of 8 December 1989 and 45/74 C of 11 December 1990,
Expressing grave anxiety and concern about the serious situation
prevailing in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and
other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, 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,
Recalling the reports of the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 13/
and 31 October 1990,14/ and taking note of the reports of the
Secretary-General of 9 April 1991 15/ and 11 September 1991,18/
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 occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab
territories occupied by Israel since 1967,
1. Determines that all such measures and actions taken by Israel in
the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab
territories occupied by Israel since 1967 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, 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 occupied
Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories
occupied by Israel since 1967;
3. Demands that Israel comply strictly with its international
obligations in accordance with the principles of international law and the
provisions of the said Convention;2/
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 occupied
Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories
occupied by Israel since 1967;
5. Urgently calls upon all States parties to the Convention to
respect and to exert all efforts in order to ensure respect for and
compliance with its provisions in all occupied Palestinian territory,
including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since
1967;
6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its forty-seventh 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, 44/2 of 6 October 1989, 44/48 D of 8 December 1989 and 45/74
D of 11 December 1990,
Taking note of the reports of the Special Committee to Investigate
Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and
Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories,12/
Recalling the reports of the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 13/
and 31 October 1990, 14/ and taking note of the report of the
Secretary-General of 11 September 1991,19/
1. Deplores the arbitrary detention or imprisonment by Israel of
thousands of Palestinians as a result of their resistance to 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-seventh
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, 641 (1989) of 30 August 1989, 672 (1990) of 12
October 1990, 673 (1990) of 24 October 1990, 681 (1990) of 20 December 1990
and 694 (1991) of 24 May 1991,
Recalling the reports of the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 13/
and 31 October 1990,14/ and taking note of the reports of the
Secretary-General of 9 April 1991 15/ and 11 September 1991,20/
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
"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 Convention
to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab
territories occupied by Israel since 1967,
1. Strongly deplores the continuing disregard by Israel, the
occupying Power, of the relevant resolutions and 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 its 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-seventh
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, 44/2 of 6 October 1989, 44/48 F of 8 December
1989 and 45/74 F of 11 December 1990,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 11
September 1991,
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
occupied Syrian 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/
Reaffirming the applicability of that Convention to the occupied
Syrian Golan,
Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 237 (1967) of 14 June
1967,
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 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 occupied Syrian Golan are
null and void, 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 forcibly to impose
Israeli citizenship and Israeli identity cards on the Syrian citizens in
the occupied Syrian Golan, and calls upon it to desist from its repressive
measures against the population of the occupied Syrian Golan;
5. Deplores the violations by Israel of the Convention;
6. Calls once again upon Member States not to recognize any of the
legislative or administrative measures and actions referred to above;
7. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its forty-seventh 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 about the continued and intensified harassment by
Israel, the occupying Power, directed against educational institutions in
the occupied Palestinian territory,
Recalling Security Council resolutions 605 (1987) of 22 December
1987, 672 (1990) of 12 October 1990, 673 (1990) of 24 October 1990 and 681
(1990) of 20 December 1990,
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, 44/2 of 6 October 1989, 44/48 G of 8 December 1989 and 45/74
G of 11 December 1990,
Recalling the reports of the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 13/
and 31 October 1990,14/ and taking note of the reports of the
Secretary-General of 9 April 1991 15/ and 11 September 1991,22/
Taking note 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 faculty members 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
Convention;
4. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with the
provisions of that Convention, rescind all actions and measures taken
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-seventh
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 corrigenda (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/ Ibid., 1990, Supplement No. 2 and corrigenda (E/1990/22
and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.
11/ Ibid., 1991, Supplement No. 2 (E/1991/22), chap. II,
sect. A.
12/ A/46/65, A/46/282 and A/46/522.
13/ S/19443; see Official Records of the Security Council,
Forty-third Year, Supplement for January, February and March 1988,
document S/19443.
14/ S/21919 and Corr.1; see Official Records of the Security
Council, Forty-fifth Year, Supplement for October, November and December
1990, document S/21919.
15/ S/22472; see Official Records of the Security Council,
Forty-sixth Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1991, document
S/22472.
16/ A/46/521.
17/ A/46/440.
18/ A/46/441.
19/ A/46/442.
20/ A/46/443.
21/ A/46/444.
22/ A/46/445.
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RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 46/47 A: 96-5-52
In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros,
Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Ecuador,
Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya,
Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya,
Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,
Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Oman,
Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saint
Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria,
Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United
Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam,
Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Israel, Latvia, Romania, United States, Uruguay.
Abstaining: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados,
Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Central African
Republic, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominica,
Estonia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Saint Kitts
and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Spain,
Sweden, Togo, USSR, United Kingdom.
Absent: Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Congo, Dominican Republic, El
Salvador, Grenada, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zaire.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 46/47 B: 153-1-3
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,
Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei
Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Federated
States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, 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, Latvia,
Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar,
Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria,
Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saint
Kitts and Nevis, 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, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United
Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen,
Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Israel.
Abstaining: Dominica, USSR, United States.
Absent: Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican
Republic, El Salvador, Rwanda, Zaire.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 46/47 C: 153-1-3
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,
Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei
Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Federated
States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, 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, Latvia,
Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar,
Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria,
Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saint
Kitts and Nevis, 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, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United
Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen,
Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Israel.
Abstaining: Dominica, USSR, United States.
Absent: Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican
Republic, El Salvador, Rwanda, Zaire.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 46/47 D: 153-2-2
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,
Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei
Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo,
Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic
People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia,
Ethiopia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon,
Gambia, 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, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,
Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,
Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua
New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic
of Korea, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, 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, United Arab Emirates, United
Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen,
Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Israel, United States.
Abstaining: Dominica, USSR.
Absent: Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, El
Salvador, Rwanda, Uruguay, Zaire.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 46/47 E: 153-1-3
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,
Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei
Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo,
Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic
People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia,
Ethiopia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon,
Gambia, 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, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,
Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,
Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua
New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea,
Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, 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, United Arab Emirates, United
Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet
Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Israel.
Abstaining: Dominica, USSR, United States.
Absent: Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, El
Salvador, Philippines*, Rwanda, Zaire.
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*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 46/47 F: 152-1-4
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,
Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei
Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Federated
States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, 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, Latvia,
Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,
Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, 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, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania,
Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Israel.
Abstaining: Côte d'Ivoire, Dominica, USSR, United States.
Absent: Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, El
Salvador, Malawi, Rwanda, Zaire.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 46/47 G: 150-2-4
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,
Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei
Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central
African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Federated States of
Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,
Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya,
Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi,
Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,
Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, 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, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania,
Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Israel, United States.
Abstaining: Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominica, USSR.
Absent: Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, El
Salvador, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Rwanda, Zaire.