The Situation of and Assistance to Palestinian Children

A/RES/57/188View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 105 Promotion and protection of the rights of children, published in 2003.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2003–2005

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/59/173

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2005	A/RES/59/173	The situation of and assistance to Palestinian children	505	60%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/188	The situation of and assistance to Palestinian children	320	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Children in Armed Conflicts Civilian Persons Family Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Humanitarian Assistance Institution Building Israel Military Occupation Palestinians Rights of the Child Territories Occupied by Israel

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

Stresses the urgent need for Palestinian children to live a normal life, free from foreign occupation, destruction and fear, in their own State;

Demands, in the meantime, that Israel, the occupying Power, respect relevant provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child1 and comply fully with the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,⁵ in order to ensure the well-being and protection of Palestinian children and their families;

⁵United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.

Calls upon the international community to provide urgently needed assistance and services in an effort to alleviate the dire humanitarian crisis being faced by Palestinian children and their families and to help in the reconstruction of relevant Palestinian institutions.

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