Resolution 56/31
(December 3, 2001)
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 36/120 E of 10 December 1981, 37/123 C of 16 December 1982, 38/180 C of 19 December 1983, 39/146 C of 14 December 1984, 40/168 C of 16 December 1985, 41/162 C of 4 December 1986, 42/209 D of 11 December 1987, 43/54 C of 6 December 1988, 44/40 C of 4 December 1989, 45/83 C of 13 December 1990, 46/82 B of 16 December 1991, 47/63 B of 11 December 1992, 48/59 A of 14 December 1993, 49/87 A of 16 December 1994, 50/22 A of 4 December 1995, 51/27 of 4 December 1996, 52/53 of
9 December 1997, 53/37 of 2
December 1998, 54/37 of 1 December
1999 and 55/50 of 1 December
2000, in which it, inter alia, determined that all legislative and administrative
measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, which have
altered or purported to alter the character and status of the Holy City
of Jerusalem, in particular the so-called "Basic Law" on Jerusalem
and the proclamation of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, were null
and void and must be rescinded forthwith,
Recalling also Security Council resolution 478
(1980) of 20 August 1980, in which the Council, inter alia, decided
not to recognize the "Basic Law" and called upon those States
which had established diplomatic missions in Jerusalem to withdraw such missions from the Holy City,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General,1
1. Determines that the decision of Israel to
impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Holy City of
Jerusalem is illegal and therefore null and void and has no validity
whatsoever;
2. Deplores the transfer by some States of their
diplomatic missions to Jerusalem in violation of Security Council resolution
478 (1980) and their refusal to comply with the provisions of that resolution;
3. Calls once more upon those States to abide
by the provisions of the relevant United
Nations resolutions, in conformity with the Charter of the United
Nations;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to report
to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the implementation
of the present resolution.
72nd plenary meeting
3 December 2001
Notes:
1. A/56/480.
Sources: The United Nations |