Situation of and Assistance to Palestinian Children

A/RES/58/155View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 113 Promotion and protection of the rights of children, published in 2004.

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Children Children in Armed Conflicts Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Humanitarian Assistance Institution Building Middle East Situation Palestine Question Palestinians Rights of the Child Territories Occupied by Israel Treaties

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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 meanwhile, 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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