The Situation in the Middle East :#the Syrian Golan

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 40 Situation in the Middle East, published in 1999.

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Annexation of Territory Golan Heights Israel Middle East Situation Negotiation Settlement Policy Territories Occupied by Israel Treaties Troop Withdrawal

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8 operative paragraphs

Declares that Israel has failed so far to comply with Security Council resolution 497 (1981);

Declares also that the Israeli decision of 14 December 1981 to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan is null and void and has no validity whatsoever, as confirmed by the Security Council in its resolution 497 (1981), and calls upon Israel to rescind it;

Reaffirms its determination that all relevant provisions of the Regulations annexed to the Hague Convention of 1907,⁴ and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2 continue to apply to the Syrian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, and calls upon the parties thereto to respect and ensure respect for their obligations under those instruments in all circumstances;

⁴See Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915).

Determines once more that the continued occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation constitute a stumbling block in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region;

Calls upon Israel to resume the talks on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks and to respect the commitments and undertakings reached during the previous talks;

Demands once more that Israel withdraw from all the occupied Syrian Golan to the line of 4 June 1967 in implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions;

Calls upon all the parties concerned, the co-sponsors of the peace process and the entire international community to exert all the necessary efforts to ensure the resumption of the peace process and its success;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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