Resolution 56/142
(December 19, 2001)
The General Assembly,
Aware that the development of friendly relations
among nations, based on respect for the principle of equal rights and
self-determination of peoples, is among the purposes and principles
of the United Nations, as defined in the Charter,
Recalling the International Covenants on Human
Rights,1 the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights,2 the Declaration on the
Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples3 and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted at the World
Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993,4
Recalling also the Declaration on the Occasion
of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations,5
Recalling further the United Nations Millennium
Declaration,6
Expressing hope for an immediate resumption
of negotiations within the Middle East peace process on its agreed basis
and for the speedy achievement of a final settlement between the Palestinian
and Israeli sides,
Affirming the right of all States in the region
to live in peace within secure and internationally recognized borders,
1. Reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people
to self-determination, including the right to their independent State;
2. Expresses the hope that the Palestinian people
will soon be exercising their right to self-determination, which is
not subject to any veto, in the current peace process;
3. Urges all States and the specialized agencies
and the organizations of the United
Nations system to continue to support and assist the Palestinian
people in their quest for self-determination.
88th plenary meeting
19 December 2001
Notes:
1. Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
2. Resolution 217 A (III).
3. Resolution 1514 (XV).
4. A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
5. See resolution 50/6.
6. See resolution 55/2.
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