Resolution 55/129
(December 8, 2000)
The
General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 36/146 G of
16 December 1981, 37/120 C of 16
December 1982, 38/83 K of 15 December
1983, 39/99 K of 14 December 1984, 40/165 D and K of 16 December 1985, 41/69 K of 3 December 1986, 42/69
K of 2 December 1987, 43/57 J of 6 December 1988, 44/47 J of 8
December 1989, 45/73 J of 11 December
1990, 46/46 J of 9 December 1991, 47/69 J of 14 December 1992, 48/40
I of 10 December 1993, 49/35 G of 9 December 1994, 50/28 G of 6
December 1995, 51/130 of 13 December 1996, 52/63 of 10 December 1997, 53/52 of 3
December 1998 and 54/75 of 6 December
1999,
Having
considered the report of the
Secretary-General, 1/
Having
also considered the report of
the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East covering the period from 1 July
1999 to 30 June 2000, 2/
1. Emphasizes the need for strengthening the educational system in the Palestinian
territory occupied by Israel since 5 June 1967, including Jerusalem,
and specifically the need for the establishment of the proposed university;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take all necessary measures for
establishing the University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds", in accordance with General
Assembly resolution 35/13 B of 3 November 1980, giving due consideration to the recommendations
consistent with the provisions of that resolution;
3. Calls
once more upon Israel, the occupying
Power, to cooperate in the implementation of the present resolution
and to remove the hindrances that it has put in the way of establishing
the University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds";
4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth
session on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution.
83rd plenary meeting
8 December 2000
1/
A/55/425.
2/ Official Records of the General
Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/55/13).
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