SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION, 74TH MEETING (AM)
GA/11994
20 DECEMBER 2017
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The Assembly also adopted a resolution concerning natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Syrian Golan in a recorded vote of 163 in favour to 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, United States) with 11 abstentions, which called for Israel to cease exploitation of natural resources in those territories.
Further to the text, the Assembly called on Israel to comply with international law and cease all policies and measures to alter the character and status of the Occupied Palestinian Territory. It also called on Israel to stop harming the environment, cease destruction of vital infrastructure, remove obstacles to the implementation of critical environmental projects, and cease efforts impeding Palestinian development.
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Introduction of Draft Resolution and Reports
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Finally, she introduced reports on…Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources (document A/72/428);
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Action on Draft Resolutions
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Following that, it adopted, in a recorded vote of 163 in favour to 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, United States), with 11 abstentions, a text on Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources (document A/72/428). By that draft, the Assembly called on Israel to cease exploitation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Syrian Golan.
Further to the text, the Assembly called on Israel to comply with its obligations under international law and cease all policies and measures aimed at the alteration of the character and status of the Occupied Palestinian Territory. It also called on Israel to halt all actions harming the environment, cease destruction of vital infrastructure, remove obstacles to the implementation of critical environmental projects, cease efforts impeding Palestinian development and export of discovered oil and natural gas reserves.
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For information media. Not an official record.
Document Sources: General Assembly, General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial), United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Subject: Agenda Item, Covenant: Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Economic issues, Environmental issues, Fourth Geneva Convention, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Living conditions, Natural resources, Occupation, Separation barrier, Settlements, Water
Publication Date: 20/12/2017
URL source: http://www.un.org/press/en/2017/ga11994.doc.htm