Resolution 56/63
(December 10, 2001)
The General Assembly,
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,1
Deeply concerned that the Syrian Golan, occupied
since 1967, has been under continued Israeli military occupation,
Recalling Security Council resolution 497 (1981)
of 17 December 1981,
Recalling also its previous relevant resolutions,
the last of which was resolution 55/134 of 8 December 2000,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General
submitted in pursuance of resolution 55/134,2
Recalling its previous relevant resolutions
in which, inter alia, it called upon Israel to put an end to its occupation
of the Arab territories,
Reaffirming once more the illegality of the
decision of 14 December 1981 taken by Israel 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 international law, including the Charter
of the United Nations,
Reaffirming also the applicability of the Geneva
Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of
War, of 12 August 1949, 3 to the occupied
Syrian Golan,
Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 237 (1967) of 14 June 1967,
Welcoming the convening in Madrid of the Peace
Conference on the Middle East on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967
and 338 (1973) of 22 October
1973 aimed at the realization of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace,
and expressing grave concern about the stalling of the peace process
on all tracks,
1. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to
comply with the relevant resolutions on the occupied Syrian Golan, in
particular Security 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 Golan was null and void and without international legal effect,
and demanded that Israel, the occupying Power, rescind forthwith its
decision;
2. Also calls upon Israel to desist from
changing the physical character, demographic composition, institutional
structure and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan and in particular
to desist from the establishment of settlements;
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 1949,3 and have no legal effect;
4. Calls upon Israel to desist from imposing
Israeli citizenship and Israeli identity cards on the Syrian citizens
in the occupied Syrian Golan and from taking repressive measures against
the population of the occupied Syrian Golan;
5. Deplores the violations by Israel of the
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in
Time of War, of 12 August 1949;
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 fifty-seventh session on the implementation
of the present resolution.
82nd plenary meeting
10 December 2001
Notes
1.See A/56/428 and Add.1 and A/56/491.
2.A/56/219.
3.United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
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