Resolution 58/18
(November 20, 2003)
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions
181 (II) of 29 November 1947, 194 (III) of 11 December 1948, 3236 (XXIX)
of 22 November 1974, 3375 (XXX) and 3376 (XXX) of 10 November 1975,
31/20 of 24 November 1976 and all subsequent relevant resolutions, including
those adopted by the General Assembly at its emergency special sessions
and resolution 57/107 of 3 December 2002,
Having
considered the report of the
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian
People, 1
Recalling the mutual
recognition between the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine
Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people,
as well as the existing agreements between the two sides and the need
for full compliance with those agreements,
Welcoming the official
presentation by the Quartet of the road map to a permanent two-State
solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 2
Reaffirming that
the United Nations has a permanent responsibility towards the question
of Palestine until the question is resolved in all its aspects in a
satisfactory manner in accordance with international legitimacy,
1. Expresses its appreciation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights
of the Palestinian People for its efforts in performing the tasks assigned
to it by the General Assembly, and takes note of its annual report,1 including the conclusions and recommendations contained
in chapter VII thereof ;
2. Requests the Committee
to continue to exert all efforts to promote the realization of the inalienable
rights of the Palestinian people, to support the Middle East peace process
and to mobilize international support for and assistance to the Palestinian
people, and authorizes the Committee to make such adjustments in its
approved programme of work as it may consider appropriate and necessary
in the light of developments and to report thereon to the General Assembly
at its fifty-ninth session and thereafter;
3. Also
requests the Committee to continue
to keep under review the situation relating to the question of Palestine
and to report and make suggestions to the General Assembly, the Security
Council or the Secretary-General, as appropriate;
4. Further requests the Committee to continue to extend its cooperation and support to Palestinian
and other civil society organizations in order to mobilize international
solidarity and support for the achievement by the Palestinian people
of its inalienable rights and for a peaceful settlement of the question
of Palestine, and to involve additional civil society organizations
in its work;
5. Requests the United
Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, established under General
Assembly resolution 194 (III), and other United Nations bodies and entities
working on various aspects of the question of Palestine to continue
to cooperate fully with the Committee and to make available to it, at
its request, the relevant information and documentation which they have
at their disposal;
6. Invites all Governments
and organizations to extend their cooperation to the Committee in the
performance of its tasks;
7. Requests the Secretary-General
to circulate the report of the Committee to all competent bodies of
the United Nations, and urges them to take the necessary action, as
appropriate;
8. Also
requests the Secretary-General
to continue to provide the Committee with all necessary facilities for
the performance of its tasks.
Notes
1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth
Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/58/35).
2S/2003/529, annex.
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