Resolution 55/128
(December 8, 2000)
The
General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 194
(III) of 11 December 1948, 36/146
C of 16 December 1981 and all
its subsequent resolutions on the question,
Taking
note of the report of the Secretary-General
submitted in pursuance of its resolution
54/74 of 6 December 1999, 1/
Taking
note also of the report of the
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine for the period
from 1 September 1999 to 31 August 2000, 2/
Recalling that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 3/
and the principles of international law uphold the principle that no
one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his or her property,
Recalling
in particular its resolution
394 (V) of 14 December 1950,
in which it directed the Conciliation Commission, in consultation with
the parties concerned, to prescribe measures for the protection of the
rights, property and interests of the Palestine Arab refugees,
Noting the completion of the programme of identification and evaluation of
Arab property, as announced by the Conciliation Commission in its twenty-second
progress report, 4/
and the fact that the Land Office had a schedule of Arab owners and
file of documents defining the location, area and other particulars
of Arab property,
Recalling that, in the framework of the Middle East peace process, the Palestine
Liberation Organization and the Government of Israel agreed, in the
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of
13 September 1993, 5/
to commence negotiations on permanent status issues, including the important
issue of the refugees,
1. Reaffirms that the Palestine Arab refugees are entitled to their property and
to the income derived therefrom, in conformity with the principles of
justice and equity;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to take all appropriate steps, in consultation
with the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, for the
protection of Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel;
3. Expresses
its appreciation for the work
done to preserve and modernize the existing records of the Commission;
4. Calls
once more upon Israel to render
all facilities and assistance to the Secretary-General in the implementation
of the present resolution;
5. Calls
upon all the parties concerned
to provide the Secretary-General with any pertinent information in their
possession concerning Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel
that would assist him in the implementation of the present resolution;
6. Urges the Palestinian and Israeli sides, as agreed between them, to deal with
the important issue of Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues
in the framework of the final status negotiations of the Middle East
peace process;
7. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth
session on the implementation of the present resolution.
83rd plenary meeting
8 December 2000
Notes
1/
A/55/428.
2/
A/55/329, annex.
3/
Resolution 217 A (III).
4/ Official Records of the General
Assembly, Nineteenth Session, Annexes,
Annex No. 11, document A/5700.
5/
A/48/486-S/26560, annex.
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