The Situation in the Middle East Resolutions

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 40 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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15 operative paragraphs

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 the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories;

Reaffirms further that a just 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 confict, 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 territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories, and which enables the Pales tinian people, under the leadership of the Palestine Libera tion Organization, to exercise its inalienable rights, includ ing the right to return and the right to self-determination, national independence and the establishment of its inde pendent sovereign State in Palestine, in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations relating to the ques tion of Palestine, in particular General Assembly resolu tions ES-7 /2 of 29 July 1980, 36/120 A to F of 10 Decem ber 1981, 37 /86 A to D of 10 December 1982, 37 /86 E of 20 December 1982, 38/58 A to E of 13 December 1983, 39/49 A to D of 11 December 1984, 40/96 A to D of

12 December 1985, 41/43 A to D of 2 December 1986 and 42/66 A to D of 2 December 1987;

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 1982,113 and reiterated by the Extraordinary Sum mit Conference of the Arab States, held at Casablanca, Morocco, from 7 to 9 August 1985, 115 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 territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories, in vio lation of the Charter of the United Nations, the principles of international law and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, and demands the immediate, uncondi tional and total withdrawal of Israel from all the territo ries occupied since 1967;

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 1981; 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 territory and outside this territory including expropria tion, establishment of settlements, annexation and other terrorist, aggressive and repressive measures, which are in violation of the Charter and the principles of international law and the relevant international conventions;

Strongly condemns the imposition by Israel of its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Arab Golan, its annexationist policies and prac tices, the establishment of settlements, the confscation 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 1981, and the continued sup ply of modern arms and materiel to Israel, augmented by substantial economic aid, including the Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area between the two Gov ernments, have encouraged Israel to pursue its aggressive and expansionist policies and practices in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories, and have had adverse effects on efforts for the establishment of a comprehensive, 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 collaboration between Israel and the racist regime of South Africa, especially in the economic, military and nu clear felds, 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 convening the International Peace Conference on the Middle East, under the auspices of the United Nations, with the participation of the five permanent members of the Security Council and all par ties to the confict, including the Palestine Liberation Or ganization, the sole legitimate representative of the Pales tinian people, on an equal footing, and that the Conference should be effective with full authority, in order to achieve a comprehensive and just solution based on the with drawal of Israel from the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territo ries, and the attainment of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in accordance with United Nations resolutions relevant to the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East;

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 Assembly at its forty-fourth session a comprehensive report covering the developments in the Middle East in all their aspects.

109 A/43/272-S/19719. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-third Year, Supplement for January, February and March 1988, document S/19719.

110 A/43/691 S/202 I 9. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-third Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1988, document S/20219. 1 II A/43/683 and Add. I.

112 A/43/867-S/20294. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-third Year, Supplement for July, August and Sef1ember 1988, document S/20294.

13 See A/37/696-S/15510, annex. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-seventh Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1982, document S/15510, annex.

114 A/43/407 S/19938, annex.

II. 115 A/40/564 and Corr.I, annex.

116 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915). p. 100.

II.

1 18 Resolution 260 A (I II). annex.

1 19 Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.

120 Resolution 3068 (XXVIll), annex.

121 Resolution 34/180, annex. 117 See resolution 2200 A (XXI). annex.

122 Resolution J'l/46. annex.

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