General Assembly

Distr. GENERAL  

22 December 1992

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ENGLISH

                                                 A/RES/47/172
                                                 93rd plenary meeting
                                                 22 December 1992
 
 
  Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli settlements on the
  Palestinian people in the Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem,
  occupied since 1967, and on the Arab population of the Syrian Golan
 
  The General Assembly,
 
  Taking note of Economic and Social Council resolution 1992/57 of 31 July
1992,
 
  Recalling its resolution 46/199 of 20 December 1991,
 
  Guided by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and affirming
the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force and Security
Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 497 (1981) of 17
December 1981,
 
  Recalling also Security Council resolution 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980, and
other resolutions affirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August
1949 to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other
Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967,
 
  Expressing its concern at the establishment by Israel, the occupying
power, of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and other
Arab territories occupied since 1967, including the settlement of new
immigrants therein,
 
  Welcoming the Middle East peace process started at Madrid on 30 October 1991
and recognizing that a complete freeze of settlement activity would
significantly enhance the prospects for progress in this process,
 
  1.  Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;
 
  2.  Deplores the establishment of settlements by Israel in the Palestinian
territory, including Jerusalem, and the other Arab territories occupied since
1967, and regards the settlements as illegal and therefore an obstacle to
peace;
 
  3.  Recognizes the economic and social repercussions of the Israeli
settlements on the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territory, including
Jerusalem, occupied by Israel since 1967, and on the Arab population of the
Syrian Golan;
 
  4.  Strongly deplores Israel's practices in the occupied Palestinian
territory and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, in particular its
confiscation of land, its appropriation of water resources, its depletion of
other economic resources and its displacement and deportation of the
population of those territories;
 
  5.  Reaffirms the inalienable right of the Palestinian people and the
population of the Syrian Golan to their natural and all other economic
resources, and regards any infringement thereof as being without any legal
validity;
 
  6.  Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
forty-eighth session, through the Economic and Social Council, a report on the
progress made in the implementation of the present resolution.