Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country

A/RES/42/230View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 136 Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country, published in 1988.

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Reaffirms that the Permanent Observer Mission of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the United Nations in New York is covered by the provisions of the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations2 and that the Palestine Liberation Organization has the right to establish and maintain premises and adequate functional facilities and that the personnel of the Mission should be enabled to enter and remain in the United States to carry out their official functions;

Ajfirms the crucial importance of the Agreement and consequently the arrangements mentioned in paragraph 2 above concerning the functioning of the organs of the United Nations, including the General Assembly, at Headquarters in New York;

Determines that the application to and enforcement against the Permanent Observer Mission of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the United Nations in New York of Title X of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989, is inconsistent with paragraph 2 above and is contrary to the international legal obligations of the host country under the agreement;

Reaffirms that a dispute exists between the United Nations and the United States of America, the host country, concerning the interpretation or application of the Agreement, and that the dispute settlement procedure provided for under section 21 of the Agreement, which constitutes the only legal remedy to solve the dispute, should be set in operation, and requests the host country to name its arbitrator to the arbitral tribunal;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to ensure the proper constitution of the arbitral tribunal provided for under section 21 of the Agreement;

Deplores the failure of the host country to comply with its obligations under the Agreement;

Urges the host country to abide by its international legal obligations and to desist from taking any action inconsistent with paragraph 2 above;

Notes the fact that, within the text of its order, the lnternational Court of Justice on 9 March 1988 took note of paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 42/229 A;

Requests the Secretary-General to take adequate measures on a preliminary basis, if necessary, in order to ensure the discharge of the official functions of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the United Nations in New York;

Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly without delay on developments m this matter;

Decides to keep the matter under active review.

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