Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan
Report of the Secretary-General
1. The present report is submitted in pursuance of General Assembly resolution 57/126 of 11 December 2002, the operative part of which reads as follows:
“The General Assembly,
“…
1. Reaffirms that 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;
2. 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;
3. Reiterates its demand for the complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, including the construction of the settlement in Jabal Abu-Ghneim;
4. Stresses the need for full implementation of Security Council resolution 904 (1994) of 18 March 1994, in which, among other things, the Council called upon Israel, the occupying Power, to continue to take and implement measures, including confiscation of arms, with the aim of 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;
5. Reiterates its calls for the prevention of all acts of violence by Israeli settlers, particularly in the light of recent developments;
6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution.”
2. On 10 June 2003, the Secretary-General addressed a note verbale to the Government of the State of Israel, in which he requested, in view of his reporting responsibilities under the above-mentioned resolution, that the Government inform him of any steps it had taken, or envisaged taking, concerning the implementation of the relevant provisions of the resolution.
3. No reply had been received at the time of the preparation of the present report.
1 United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 75, No. 973.
