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Annexation

Major relevant developments concerning the OPT, including East Jerusalem

See also: Golan Heights, Incursions, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Occupation, Situation on the ground, Settlements

Armed conflict

War and hostilities. See also: Arms control and regional security issues; Intifada

Arms control and regional security issues

Documents on discussions of armaments, arms control, regional security issues, weapons of mass destruction etc. See also: Armed conflict

Assistance

Bethlehem 2000

At the request of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), the agenda item “Bethlehem 2000” was included in the agenda of the General Assembly in 1998 to help contribute to the Palestinian Authority’s “Bethlehem 2000” initiative.  The Committee raised international awareness of the initiative and of the significant preparatory work needed for its implementation.  The Assembly concluded its consideration of the item in 2002.

Boundaries and demarcation lines

Documents setting out or describing the location of international borders, armistice demarcation lines, planning boundaries, partition lines, etc.  The question of borders is considered as a "permanent status" issue under the peace process that began in the early 1990s. Documents related to specific incidents around borders/lines are not marked with this subject identifier; please see "Armed conflict", "Closures", Incidents", "Incursions", "Land",  "Settlements"  See also: Separation; as well as UNISPAL's type of document listing: Map

Chapter VII of UN Charter

United Nations Security Council resolutions adopted in 1948, related documents as well as subsequent discussions and proposals in 1967, 1973, etc.

Children

Closure of institutions

Closure, by the occupying Power, of Palestinian institutions such as colleges, Orient House, etc. since 1967.

Closures/Curfews

Includes information concerning blockades, checkpoints, roadblocks, freedom of movement, closure of the OPT or parts thereof, etc. See also: Closure of institutions, Occupation

Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Documents pertaining to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979 (entry into force: 3 September 1981).

See also: Women

Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Documents pertaining to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination adopted and opened for signature and ratification by General Assembly resolution 2106 A (XX) of 21 December 1965 (entry into force: 4 January 1969).

Convention: Rights of the Child

Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989 (entry into force: 2 September 1990). See also: Children

Convention: Torture and Other Cruel  Inhuman or Degrading

Treatment or Punishment

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984 (entry into force: 26 June 1987). See also: Torture

Covenant: Civil and Political Rights

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200 A (XXI) of 16 December 1966 (entry into force: 23 March 1976).       

Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights

Documents pertaining to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966 (entry into force: 3 January 1976).

Credentials

Reservations concerning the credentials of the delegation of Israel.  See also: Statehood-related

Demographic issues

Population-related information  See also: Children, women

Economic issues

Electoral issues

All aspects of electoral matters, including the lack of protection of elected Palestinian officials

Environmental issues

ESCWA and UNEP documents and other entities' relevant reports See also: Water

Envoy

Documents reflecting the work of a fact finding mission, Mediator, Personal Representative Quartet, Special Coordinator, Special Representative, USG visits, Humanitarian envoy, etc.

See also: International presence, Negotiations and agreements, Peace conference, Peace process, Peace proposals and efforts, Peace-building, Peacekeeping  

Expulsions and deportations

Documents pertaining to the transfer of Palestinians across international borders, usually related to specific incidents of such an expulsion or deportation

See also: Fourth Geneva Convention, Internally displaced persons, Refugees and displaced persons

Fourth Geneva Convention

Golan Heights

Developments pertaining to the occupied Syrian Golan.   In UNISPAL-Select, this label is normally not used.  See also: UNISPAL entity listing: United Nations systemUnited Nations Disengagement Observer Force, United Nations systemUnited Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

Green Line

Boundary established following the General Armistice Agreement between the Hashemite Jordan Kingdom and Israel of 1949, which since the beginning of the occupation in June 1967 has been known as "Green Line".  See also: Separation, Boundaries and demarcation lines

Hebron

Developments pertaining to Hebron.  See also: International presence; as well as  UNISPAL entity listing: Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), Security Council

History

Documents raising specific historical issues; historical summaries of events; etc.  See also: Reports of the United Nations General Assembly's Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; and United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine; as well as

UNISPAL title listing: Yearbook of the United Nations

Holy places

Issues surrounding the preservation of and access to the various holy places.  See also: UNISPAL entity listing: Multilateral/Organization of the Islamic Conference

House demolitions

Demolition by the occupying Power of Palestinian homes in the OPT, including East Jerusalem and destruction of related property

Human rights and international humanitarian law

Humanitarian relief

Documents that deal with the various aspects of the humanitarian situation  on the ground, in particular relief assessments and efforts. See also: Assistance; as well as UNISPAL entity listing:

United Nations systemOffice of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations systemUnited Nations Children's Fund,

United Nations systemUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East,

United Nations systemSecretary-General Personal Humanitarian Envoy

Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people

Incidents

Particular incidents and hostile action affecting the Palestinians or Israelis. See also: Armed conflict, Intifada II, Terrorism; as well as

UNISPAL's title listing for document titles containing the word: Attack(s)

Incursions

Reoccupation of population centres, refugee camps or other Palestinian Authority-ruled areas, designated as area "A" under the Mideast peace process that began in the early 1990s. See also: Armed conflict, Intifada II; as well as UNISPAL's title listing for document titles containing the word: Attack(s)

Internally displaced persons

Typically documents on Palestinian refugees that also deal with persons displaced within the OPT.   See also: Expulsions and deportations

International Conference on the Question of

Palestine (ICQP)

In pursuance of General Assembly resolutions 36/120 C of 10 December 1981, ES-7/7 of 19 August 1982 and 37/86 C of 10 December 1982, an International Conference on the Question of Palestine was convened at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 29 August to 7 September 1983 to seek effective ways and means to enable the Palestinian people to attain and to exercise their inalienable rights.

International presence

Intifada I

The Palestinian uprising, 1987-1993.

Intifada II

The Palestinian uprising, 2000-present. See also: Fourth Geneva Convention, Incidents

Jerusalem

Developments concerning Jerusalem, including concerning its status, certain grave incidents, occupation, establishment of settlements, etc. See also: Boundaries, Closure of institutions, Fourth Geneva Convention, Holy places, Incidents, Land, Occupation, Settlements; as well as UNISPAL's entity listing: General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session

UNISPAL's type of document listing: Study

Land

Land-related issues such as expropriations, confiscations, sovereignty over natural resources, destruction of agricultural property and other impediments to Palestinian agriculture, etc. See also: Annexation, Separation, Settlements, Water; as well as

UNISPAL's type of document listing: Study

Legal issues

Various legal aspects. See also: Fourth Geneva Convention, Human rights, Occupation, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)/Palestine UN status

Middle East situation

Negotiations and agreements

Occupation

In UNISPAL's main collection, this label refers to major relevant developments since the beginning of armed conflict in June 1967 concerning the OPT, including East Jerusalem, Occupied Arab Territories  such as parts of Egypt and the Syrian Golan Heights, as appropriate.

In UNISPAL-Select, this label is used for documents containing information on major developments since June 1967 almost exclusively concerning the OPT, including East Jerusalem; status of the OPT; repeated incursions into Palestinian-controlled areas and the reoccupation of many Palestinian population centres by the Israel's forces; important incidents; etc. See also: Fourth Geneva Convention, Golan Heights, Incidents, Incursions, Legal issues, Settlements, Situation in Lebanon.

Palestine question

Peace-building

Peace conference

International conferences and meetings involving the, even if not always all, parties to the conflict.  Moreover, this label groups documents on calls or agreements reached for the convening of an international peace conference (e.g. Road Map) and intergovernmental meetings addressing the question League of Nations United Nations systemGeneral  Assembly).

See also: Envoy and the other "Peace" related labels.

Peace process

Peace proposals and efforts

Peacekeeping

PLO/Palestine UN status

Palestine/PLO's right of participation in the work of the United Nations. See also: Credentials

Population

Demographic issues.  See also: Demographic issues; as well as

UNISPAL's entity listing: United Nations systemUnited Nations Population Fund

Prisoners and detainees

Mostly documents on Palestinian prisoners and detainees in custody of the Occupying Power, in particular in UNISPAL-Select. UNISPAL's entire collection contains also documents referring to certain prisoners in custody of the occupying Power or the Palestinian Authority established in the 1990s. See also: Fourth Geneva Convention; Human rights

Protection

Public information

Quartet

Joint efforts, meetings or statements by the European Union, Russian Federation, United States and United Nations, on the ground and at the FM level, to resume Mideast peace talks (2001- ).  

See also: Road map

Racial discrimination

Human rights documents, including those pertaining to the Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (2001) and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination adopted and opened for signature and ratification by General Assembly resolution 2106 A (XX) of 21 December 1965 (entry into force: 4 January 1969).

See also: Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Human Rights, Occupation, Situation in the OPT including Jerusalem, Social issues

Refugee camps

Refugees and displaced persons

Palestine refugees of 1948/1949 and Palestinians displaced in the course of armed conflict in June 1967.

See also: Refugee camps, Right of return; as well as

UNISPAL entity listing:

United Nations systemUnited Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine,

United Nations systemUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Right of return

Road Map

Security Issues

Security of civilians, international civil servants, staff members, etc. See also: Terrorism

Self-determination

See also: Statehood-related

Self-government area/developments

Major developments in the OPT, including East Jerusalem, relating to areas "A" and "B" under the Mideast peace process that evolved in the 1990s. See also: Incursions, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Occupation, Settlements, Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including Jerusalem, Statehood-related

Separation barrier

The Occupying Power's proposals, plans, policies and related measures during 2002/2003 concerning the construction of a separation barrier, including major wall segments, generally on the West Bank side of the line established under the General Armistice Agreement between the Hashemite Jordan Kingdom and Israel of 1949 (known since June 1967 as the >"Green Line").  This includes information on the so-called "Jerusalem envelope plan", "seam line fence", "security fence", etc. See also: Annexation, Boundaries and demarcation lines, Holy places, House demolitions, Jerusalem, Land, Occupation, Situation in the OPT, including East Jerusalem

Settlements

Situation in Lebanon

Documents on the subject would normally appear in UNISPAL only, not UNISPAL-Select.

See also: Middle East situation, Palestine refugees  

Situation in the OPT  including Jerusalem

Developments on the ground, including violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention; also listing documents, presenting in summary form the situation on the ground since the armed conflict in June 1967.  

In a full-text search, consider including: Situation in occupied Palestine

See also: Convention, Covenant, Fourth Geneva Convention, History, Jerusalem; as well as UNISPAL's title: Yearbook

Social issues

Statehood-related

Major developments concerning the future government of Palestine; the OPT, including East Jerusalem; areas "A" and "B" under the Mideast peace efforts that began in the 1990s.

See also: Legal issues; PLO/Palestine UN status; Self-determination, Self-government area/developments

Terrorism

Documents concerning relevant Security Council resolutions such as S/RES/57 (1948) and S/RES/1435 (2002); Security Council’s meetings in 1972 and related draft resolutions; PLO's position referred to in General Assembly's Question of Palestine resolution 40/96 D of 12 December 1985; Arab Group’s position as, for instance, reflected in A/41/704-S/18398 of 13 October 1986; CEIRPP's position, etc.  See also: Armed conflict, Incidents, Security issues

Torture

Documents centre on the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984 (entry into force: 26 June 1987). See also: Convention: Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Human rights; Occupation; Situation in the OPT including Jerusalem; Social issues

Water

Women

Information on the situation of Palestinian women in the OPT, including East Jerusalem and documents under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979 (entry into force: 3 September 1981).  See also: Armed conflict; Assistance; Children; Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; Human rights; Occupation; Situation in the OPT including Jerusalem; Social issues