Resolution 59/33
(December 1, 2004)
The General Assembly
Having considered the item entitled "The situation
in the Middle East",
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,1
Recalling Security Council resolution 497 (1981)
of 17 December 1981,
Reaffirming the fundamental principle of the
inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, in accordance
with international law and the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming once more the applicability of
the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons
in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2 to the occupied Syrian Golan,
Deeply concerned that Israel has not withdrawn
from the Syrian Golan, which has been under occupation since 1967, contrary
to the relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions,
Stressing the illegality of the Israeli settlement
construction and other activities in the occupied Syrian Golan since
1967,
Noting with satisfaction the convening in
Madrid on 30 October 1991 of the Peace Conference on the Middle East,
on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November
1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 and 425 (1978) of 19 March 1978
and the formula of land for peace,
Expressing grave concern over the halt in
the peace process on the Syrian track, and expressing the hope that
peace talks will soon resume from the point they had reached,
1. Declares that Israel has failed so far
to comply with Security Council resolution 497 (1981);
2. Also declares that the Israeli decision
of 14 December 1981 to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration
on the occupied Syrian Golan is null and void and has no validity whatsoever,
as confirmed by the Security Council in its resolution 497 (1981), and
calls upon Israel to rescind it;
3. Reaffirms its determination that all relevant
provisions of the Regulations annexed to the Hague Convention of 1907,3 and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons
in Time of War,2 continue to
apply to the Syrian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, and calls
upon the parties thereto to respect and ensure respect for their obligations
under those instruments in all circumstances;
4. Determines once more that the continued
occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation constitute
a stumbling block in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive and
lasting peace in the region;
5. Calls upon Israel to resume the talks on
the Syrian and Lebanese tracks and to respect the commitments and undertakings
reached during the previous talks;
6. Demands once more that Israel withdraw
from all the occupied Syrian Golan to the line of 4 June 1967 in implementation
of the relevant Security Council resolutions;
7. Calls upon all the parties concerned, the
co-sponsors of the peace process and the entire international community
to exert all the necessary efforts to ensure the resumption of the peace
process and its success by implementing Security Council resolutions
242 (1967) and 338 (1973);
8. Requests the Secretary-General to report
to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session on the implementation
of the present resolution.
64th plenary meeting
1 December 2004
1 A/59/338.
2 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
3 See Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conventions
and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press,
1915).
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