Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jerusalem, and the Occupied Syrian Golan

A/RES/65/104View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 52 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 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

25 versions · 2003–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/81

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/81	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	2,928	100%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/91	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	2,926	81%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/78	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	2,461	100%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/126	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	2,466	98%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/82	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	2,434	93%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

23 reports · 2003–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/361	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/81
2025	A/80/399	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/91
2024	A/79/347	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/78
2023	A/78/554	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/126
2022	A/77/493	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/82

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Civilian Persons Destruction of Property Golan Heights Human Rights in Armed Conflicts International Humanitarian Law Israel Jerusalem Palestinians Settlement Policy Territories Occupied by Israel Violence

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and an obstacle to peace and economic and social development;

Calls upon Israel to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,1 to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to the occupied Syrian Golan and to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the Convention, in particular article 49;

Also calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply strictly with its obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law, with respect to the alteration of the character, status and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;

Reiterates its demand for the immediate and complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities in all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, and calls, in this regard, for the full implementation of all the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, including, inter alia, resolutions 446 (1979) of 22 March 1979, 452 (1979) of 20 July 1979, 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980, 476 (1980) of 30 June 1980 and 1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003;

Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with its legal obligations, as mentioned in the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice;4

Reiterates its call for the prevention of all acts of violence and harassment by Israeli settlers, especially against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including historic and religious sites, and agricultural lands, and stresses the need for the implementation of Security Council resolution 904 (1994), in which the Council called upon Israel, the occupying Power, to continue to take and implement measures, including confiscation of arms, aimed at preventing illegal acts of violence by Israeli settlers, and called for measures to be taken to guarantee the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilians in the occupied territory;

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

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