The Situation in the Middle East Resolutions

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 39 Situation in the Middle East, published in 1988.

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67 documents · 1967–1996

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1996	A/RES/50/22C	The situation in the Middle East	769	–
1995	A/RES/50/22[B]	The situation in the Middle East resolutions	—	–
1995	A/RES/50/22[A]	The situation in the Middle East resolutions	—	–
1995	A/RES/50/22	The situation in the Middle East resolutions	727	–
1995	A/RES/49/87[B]	The situation in the Middle East	—	–

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12 operative paragraphs

Having discussed the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East",

Rt.'calling its relevant resolutions on the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East,

Recalling also the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,

Rt'Cal/ing the report of the Secretary-General of 13 November l<.J87,1B

Taking note with appreciation of the resolutions of the Extraordinary Arab Summit Conference, held at Amman from 8 to 1 1 November 1987, on the Arab-Israeli conflict and on the International Peace Conference on the Middle East,

Taking note with appreciation of the growing interna tional consensus in favour of convening the Conference to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict, of which the question of Palestine is the core,

L Reaffirms once again that the convening of the In ternational Peace Conference on the Middle East under the auspices of the United Nations and at the invitation of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, with the par ticipation of the five permanent members of the Security Council and all the parties to the Arab-Israeli conflict, in cluding the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, on an equal footing, is the appropriate way to a peaceful, com prehensive and just settlement of the conflict which will ensure the restoration of the occupied Arab territories and the solution of the Palestinian question in all its aspects and guarantee the realization of the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian Arab people; 2.

Calls upon all States that have not done so to lend their support to the convening of the Conference; 3,

Requests the Secretary- General, in consultation with the Security Council, to continue his efforts with a view to convening the Conference and to apprise the Gen eral Assembly of the results of his consultations no later than September 1988.

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Reaffirms its conviction that the question of Pales tine is the core of the conflict in the Middle East and that no comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the region will be achieved without the full exercise by the Palestinian people of its inalienable national rights and the immediate, unconditional and total withdrawal of Israel from all the Palestinian and other occupied Arab territories; 2.

Reaf irm,furtherthat ajust and comprehensive set tlement of the situation in the Middle East cannot be achieved without the participation on an equal footing of all the parties to the conflict, including the Palestine Liber ation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people;

Declares once more that peace in the Middle East is indivisible and must be based on a comprehensive, just and lasting solution of the Middle East problem, under the auspices of the United Nations and on the basis of its rele vant resolutions, which ensures the complete and uncon ditional withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 19 67, including Jerusalem, and which enables the Palestinian people, un der the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organiza tion, to exercise its inalienable rights, including the right to return and the right to self-determination, national in dependence and the establishment of its independent sov ereign State in Palestine, in accordance with the resolu tions of the United Nations relating to the question of Palestine, in particular General Assembly resolutions ES-7/2 of 29 July 1980, 36/120 A to F of 10 December 198 1, 37/8 6 A to D of 10 December 1982, 37/8 6 E of 20 December 198 2, 38/58 A to E of 13 December 198 3, 39/49 A to D of 11 December 1984, 40/96 A to D of 12 December 1985 and 41/ 43 A to D of 2 December 198 6;

Considers the Arab Peace Plan adopted unani mously at the Twelfth Arab Summit Conference, held at Fez, Morocco, on 25 November 1981 and from 6 to 9 Sep tember 1982,91 and reiterated by the Extraordinary Sum mit Conference of the Arab States, held at Casablanca, Morocco, from 7 to 9 August 1985,92 as well as relevant efforts and action to implement the Fez plan, as an impor tant contribution towards the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people through the achievement of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East;

Condemns Israel's continued occupation of the Palestinian and other Arab territories, including Jerusa lem, in violation of the Charter of the United Nations, the principles of international law and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, and demands the immediate, un conditional and total withdrawal of Israel from all the ter ritories occupied since 19 67;

Rejects all agreements and arrangements which vio late the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and contradict the principles of a just and comprehensive solu tion to the Middle East problem to ensure the establish ment of a just peace in the area;

Deplores Israel's failure to comply with Security Council resolutions 476 (1980) of 30 June 1980 and 478 (1980) of 20 August 1980 and General Assembly resolu tions 35 /207 of 16 December 1980 and 36/226 A and B of 17 December 198 1; determines that Israel's decision to an nex Jerusalem and to declare it as its "capital" as well as the measures to alter its physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure and status are null and void and demands that they be rescinded immedi ately; and calls upon all Member States, the specialized agencies and all other international organizations to abide by the present resolution and all other relevant resolutions and decisions;

Condemns Israel's aggression, policies and practices against the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories and outside these territories, including ex propriation, establishment of settlements, annexation and other terrorist, aggressive and repressive measures, which are in violation of the Charter and the principles of inter national law and the relevant international conventions;

9 . Strongly condemns the imposition by Israel of its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Arab Golan, its annexationist policies and practices, the establishment of settlements, the confiscation of lands, the diversion of water resources and the imposition of Israeli citizenship on Syrian nationals, and declares that all these measures are null and void and constitute a viola tion of the rules and principles of international law relative to belligerent occupation, in particular the Geneva Con vention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949;

Considers that the agreements on strategic co operation between the United States of America and Is rael, signed on 30 November 198 1, and the continued sup ply of modern arms and materiel to Israel, augmented by substantial economic aid, including the recently con cluded Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area between the two Governments, have encouraged Is rael to pursue its aggressive and expansionist policies and practices in the Palestinian and other Arab territories oc cupied since 19 67, including Jerusalem, and have had ad verse effects on efforts for the establishment of a compre hensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East and pose a threat to the security of the region;

Calls once more upon all States to put an end to the flow to Israel of any military, economic, financial and technological aid, as well as of human resources, aimed at encouraging it to pursue its aggressive policies against the Arab countries and the Palestinian people;

Strongly condemns the continuing and increasing 12. collaboration between Israel and the racist regime of South Africa, especially in the economic, military and nu clear fields, which constitutes a hostile act against the African and Arab States and enables Israel to enhance its nuclear capabilities, thus subjecting the States of the re gion to nuclear blackmail;

Reaffirms its call for the convening of the Interna tional Peace Conference on' the Middle East, under the auspices of the United Nations and on the basis of its rele vant resolutions, as specified in paragraph 5 of the Geneva Declaration on Palestine93 and endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 38/58 C;

Endorses the call for setting up a preparatory com mittee, within the framework of the Security Council, with the participation of the permanent members of the Council, to take the necessary action to convene the Con ference;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council periodically on the development of the situation and to submit to the General Assemblv at its forty-third session a comprehensive report covering the developments in the Middle East in all their aspects.

90 A/42/465 and Add. I 91 See A/37/696-S/15510, annex. For the pnnted text, see Officwl Records of the Security Council, Thirty-seventh Year, Supplement for October, November and December /982, document S/15510, annex

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