Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including Jerusalem, and the Occupied Syrian Golan

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 87 Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1997–2002

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/56/61

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/56/61	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	515	97%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/132	Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	505	90%Compare
2000	A/RES/54/78	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	493	91%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/55	Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	470	93%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/66	Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	457	88%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

3 reports · 1999–2001

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2001	A/56/216	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/55/132
2000	A/55/263	Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/54/78
1999	A/54/183	Report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/53/55

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Civilian Persons Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Israel Palestinians Settlement Policy Territories Occupied by Israel Treaties Weapons Surrender

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and an obstacle to peace and economic and social development;

Calls upon Israel to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,1 to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and to the occupied Syrian Golan and to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the Convention, in particular article 49;

Demands complete cessation of the construction of the new settlement in Jabal Abu Ghneim and of all Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan;

Stresses the need for full implementation of Security Council resolution 904 (1994) of 18 March 1994, in which, among other things, the Council called upon Israel, the occupying Power, to continue to take and implement measures, including, inter alia, confiscation of arms, with the aim of preventing illegal acts of violence by Israeli settlers, and called for measures to be taken to guarantee the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilians in the occupied territory.

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