The Occupied Syrian Golan

A/RES/61/120View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 32 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 2007.

What other versions does this mandate have?

30 versions · 1997–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/82

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/82	The occupied Syrian Golan	544	99%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/90	The occupied Syrian Golan	543	99%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/77	The occupied Syrian Golan	544	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/125	The occupied Syrian Golan	544	99%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/81	The occupied Syrian Golan	544	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

27 reports · 1997–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/353	The occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/82
2025	A/80/443	The occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/90
2024	A/79/337	The occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/77
2023	A/78/529	The occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/125
2022	A/77/520	The occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/81

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Golan Heights Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Identification Cards Israel Laws and Regulations Legal Status Nationality Population Composition Report Preparation Settlement Policy Territories Occupied by Israel

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply with the relevant resolutions on the occupied Syrian Golan, in particular Security Council resolution 497 (1981), in which the Council, inter alia, decided that the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan was null and void and without international legal effect and demanded that Israel, the occupying Power, rescind forthwith its decision;

Also calls upon Israel to desist from changing the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan and in particular to desist from the establishment of settlements;

Determines that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken or to be taken by Israel, the occupying Power, that purport to alter the character and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan are null and void, constitute a flagrant violation of international law and of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,3 and have no legal effect;

Calls upon Israel to desist from imposing Israeli citizenship and Israeli identity cards on the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan, and from its repressive measures against the population of the occupied Syrian Golan;

Deplores the violations by Israel of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949;

Calls once again upon Member States not to recognize any of the legislative or administrative measures and actions referred to above;

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

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