Assistance to the Palestinian People

A/RES/55/173View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20c Assistance to the Palestinian people, published in 2001.

What other versions does this mandate have?

46 versions · 1979–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/141

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/141	Assistance to the Palestinian people	2,319	98%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/121	Assistance to the Palestinian people	2,303	98%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/30	Assistance to the Palestinian people	2,279	99%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/126	Assistance to the Palestinian people	2,260	99%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/126	Assistance to the Palestinian people	2,247	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

22 reports · 2001–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/86 E/2025/71	Assistance to the Palestinian people report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/141
2024	A/79/85 E/2024/60	Assistance to the Palestinian people report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/121
2023	A/78/86 E/2023/83	Assistance to the Palestinian people report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/30
2022	A/77/93 E/2022/67	Assistance to the Palestinian people report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/126
2021	A/76/78 E/2021/71	Assistance to the Palestinian people report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/126

What subjects does this mandate have?

15 subjects

Capacity Building Conferences Economic Assistance Emergency Relief Exports Financial Institutions Freedom of Movement Humanitarian Assistance Intergovernmental Organizations Non-Governmental Organizations Palestine Question Palestinians Regional Organizations Tax Revenues Territories Occupied by Israel

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;4

Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his rapid response and efforts regarding assistance to the Palestinian people;

Expresses its appreciation to the Member States, United Nations bodies and intergovernmental, regional and non-governmental organizations that have provided and continue to provide assistance to the Palestinian people;

Stresses the importance of the work of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority and of the steps taken under the auspices of the Secretary-General to ensure the achievement of a coordinated mechanism for United Nations activities throughout the occupied territories;

Urges Member States, international financial institutions of the United Nations system, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and regional and interregional organizations to extend, as rapidly and as generously as possible, economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people, in close cooperation with the Palestine Liberation Organization and through official Palestinian institutions;

Calls upon relevant organizations and agencies of the United Nations system to intensify their assistance in response to the urgent needs of the Palestinian people in accordance with Palestinian priorities set forth by the Palestinian Authority, with emphasis on national execution and capacity-building;

Urges Member States to open their markets to exports of Palestinian products on the most favourable terms, consistent with appropriate trading rules, and to implement fully existing trade and cooperation agreements;

Calls upon the international donor community to expedite the delivery of pledged assistance to the Palestinian people to meet their urgent needs;

Stresses in this context the importance of ensuring the free passage of aid to the Palestinian people and the free movement of persons and goods;

Urges the international donor community, United Nations agencies and organizations and non-governmental organizations to extend as rapidly as possible emergency economic and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people to counter the impact of the current crisis;

Stresses the need to implement the Paris Protocol on Economic Relations of 29 April 1994, fifth annex to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip,⁶ in particular with regard to the full and prompt clearance of Palestinian indirect tax revenues;

⁶See A/51/889-S/1997/357, annex.

Suggests the convening in 2001 of a United Nations-sponsored seminar on assistance to the Palestinian people;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the implementation of the present resolution, containing:

An assessment of the assistance actually received by the Palestinian people;

An assessment of the needs still unmet and specific proposals for responding effectively to them;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session, under the item entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance”, the sub-item entitled “Assistance to the Palestinian people”.

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