Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories

A/RES/3005(XXVII)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1973.

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99 documents · 1971–1990

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1990	A/RES/44/48	Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories resolutions	2,136	–
1990	A/RES/44/48G	Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories resolutions	—	–
1990	A/RES/44/48F	Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories resolutions	—	–
1990	A/RES/44/48E	Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories resolutions	—	–
1990	A/RES/44/48D	Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories resolutions	—	–

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9 subjects

Annexation of Territory Cultural Heritage Human Rights Human Rights Violations Israel Population Transfers Religious Freedom Settlement Policy Territories Occupied by Israel

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22 operative paragraphs

Commends the Special Committee to Investigate lsraeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories for its efforts in performing the tasks assigned to it;

Strongly calls upon Israel to rescind forthwith, and desist from, all such policies and practices as:

Toe annexation of any part of the occupied territories;

( b) The establishment of Israeli settlements in those territories and the transfer of parts of an alien population into the occupied territories;

The destruction and demolition of villages, quarters and houses and the confiscation and expropriation of property;

The evacuation, transfer, deportation and expulsion of the inhabitants of the occupied territories;

The denial of the right of ,the displaced persons to return to their homes;

Reaf]irms that a1l measures taken by Israel in contravention of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of Wa,r, of 12 August 1949, to settle the occupied territories, including occupied Jerusalem, are null and void;

Af]irms the principie of the sovereignty of the population of the occupied territories over their national wealth and resources;

Calls upon ali Sta tes, international organizations and specialized agencies not to recognize or cooperate with, or assist in any manner in, any measures undertaken by the occupying Power to exploit the resources of the occupied territories or to effect any changes in the demographic composition or geographic character or institutional structure of those terdtories;

24 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973, p. 287.

25 A/8828.

Requests all States parties to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 to do their utmost to ensure that Israel respects and fulfils its obligations under that Convention;

Requests the Special Committee, pending the early termination of Israeli occupation of Arab territories, to continue its work and to consult, as appropriate, with the International Committee of the Red Cross in order to ensure the safeguarding of the welfare and human rights of the population of the occupied territories;

Requests the Secretary-General to render all necessary facilities to the Special Committee, including those required for its visits to the occupied territories with a view to investigating Israelí policies and practices affecting the human rights of the population of the occupied territories, especially:

Toe measures concerning the establishment of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories and the moving into the occupied territories of an alíen population, contrary to the provisions of ,the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949;

The situation concerning the annexation of any part of the territories occupied by Israel since 5 June 1967;

Toe exploitation and the looting of the resources of the occupied territories;

( d) The changes in the physical character or demographic composition or institutional structure of those territories, including the transfer or deportation of population thereof or the demolition of houses and towns therein;

The pillaging of the archaeological and cultural heritage of the occupied territories;

The interference in the freedom of worship in the holy places of the occupied territories;

Calls upon Israel to co-operate with thc Sccretary-General and the Special Committee and to facilitate their tasks;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the widest circulation of the reports of the Special Committee by all means available through the Office of Public Information of the Secretariat;

Requests the Special Committee to report to the Secretary-General as soon as possible and whenever the need arises thereafter;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session on the task entrusted to him;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its twenty-eighth session the ítem entitled "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of tbe Occupied Territories".

document A/8888.

28 Jbid., document A/8888, annex.

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