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The Question of Palestine and the General Assembly

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The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations, composed of representatives of all Member States.  The question of Palestine was first brought before the General Assembly in 1947. By resolution 181 (II), the Assembly decided to partition Palestine into two states, one Arab and one Jewish, with Jerusalem placed under a special international regime. After the 1948 war, the Assembly by resolution 194 (III) of 1949 established the Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP) to help the parties reach a final settlement, while reaffirming the rights of Palestine refugees to return and restitution. UNRWA, a Palestine refugee agency, was established by the Assembly the same year.

In 1974, the question of Palestine was re-introduced in the Assembly’s agenda. Resolution 3236 (XXIX) reaffirmed the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination, national independence and sovereignty, and the right of the Palestinians to return to their homes and property. In 1975, the Assembly established the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The question of Palestine and related issues have been the subject of numerous resolutions and decisions adopted by the Assembly’s regular, special and emergency sessions.

On 29 November 2012 the Assembly granted Palestine non-member observer State status in the UN. The relevant issues on the agenda of the Assembly and its subsidiary organs, such as the Human Rights Council include the right of Palestinians to self-determination, their sovereignty over natural resources, assistance, refugees, IDPs, UNRWA, human rights, Israeli settlements, peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, and Jerusalem, among others.

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GA’s Resolutions on Question of Palestine

Date Title Subject Symbol
23-Nov-1976 Palestine refugees/UNRWA reports – GA resolutions Agenda Item, Refugees and displaced persons A/RES/31/15(A-E)
Sources:

General Assembly, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Type

Resolution

15-Dec-1975 Israeli practices – SpCttee report – GA resolutions Agenda Item, Fourth Geneva Convention, Holy places, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Jerusalem, Land, Settlements A/RES/3525 (XXX)(A-D)
Sources:

General Assembly, Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices

Type

Resolution

08-Dec-1975 Palestine refugees/UNRWA reports – GA resolutions Agenda Item, Assistance, Humanitarian relief, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons A/RES/3419 (XXX)(A-D)
Sources:

General Assembly, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Type

Resolution

05-Dec-1975 Mideast situation/Early reconvening with all the parties of Mideast Peace Conference under S/RES/338 (1973)/ Inalienable Palestinian national rights/ Conference Co-Chairmen – GA resolution Agenda Item, Annexation, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Middle East situation, Occupation, PLO/Palestine, Palestine question, Peace conference, Peace proposals and efforts A/RES/3414 (XXX)
Sources:

General Assembly

Type

Resolution

10-Nov-1975 Palestine question/Establishment of CEIRPP to recommend a programme of implementation of inalienable rights – GA resolution Agenda Item, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Palestine question, Peace proposals and efforts, Self-determination, Statehood-related A/RES/3376 (XXX)
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), General Assembly

Type

Resolution

10-Nov-1975 Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination: Zionism as racism – GA resolution Racial discrimination A/RES/3379 (XXX)
Sources:

General Assembly

Type

Resolution

10-Nov-1975 Invitation to PLO to participate in peace efforts – GA resolution Agenda Item, Middle East situation, PLO/Palestine, Palestine question, Peace conference, Peace proposals and efforts A/RES/3375 (XXX)
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), General Assembly

Type

Resolution

17-Dec-1974 Palestine refugees/UNRWA reports – GA resolutions Agenda Item, Demographic issues, Humanitarian relief, Population, Refugees and displaced persons A/RES/3331(XXIX)(A-D)
Sources:

General Assembly, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Type

Resolution

17-Dec-1974 Sovereignty over national resources in the OT – GA resolution Economic issues, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Natural resources, Statehood-related, Water A/RES/3336(XXIX)
Sources:

General Assembly

Type

Resolution

14-Dec-1974 Definition of aggression – GA resolution Armed conflict, Arms control and regional security issues, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Incidents, Peace proposals and efforts, Peacekeeping, Security issues A/RES/3314(XXIX)
Sources:

General Assembly

Type

Resolution

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