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REPORT TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ON THE
\nSIXTIETH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Draft report of the Commission<\/strong> <\/p><\/div>\n

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Rapporteur: Mr. Mike OMOTOSHO (Nigeria)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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CONTENTS<\/strong>* <\/p><\/div>\n

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 II.   Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Commission at its sixtieth session  <\/strong>  <\/p><\/div>\n

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A.  Resolutions <\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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2004\/1.  Grave situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory <\/p><\/div>\n

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2004\/3.   Situation in occupied Palestine    <\/p><\/div>\n

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* Documents E\/CN.4\/2004\/L.10 and addenda will contain the chapters of the report relating to the organization of the session and the various items on the agenda. Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Commission, as well as draft resolutions and decisions for action by, and other matters of concern to, the Economic and Social Council will be contained in documents E\/CN.4\/2004\/L.11 and addenda.<\/p><\/div>\n

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GE.04-13524 (E) 130404<\/span>    <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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2004\/1. Grave situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory<\/strong> <\/p><\/div>\n

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 The Commission on Human Rights<\/i>,<\/p><\/div>\n

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 Guided<\/i> by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, as well as by the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,<\/p><\/div>\n

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 Taking into consideration<\/i> the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, and the provisions of Additional Protocol I thereto, and the Hague Convention of 18 October 1907 and Annexed Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land,<\/p><\/div>\n

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 Recalling<\/i> its previous relevant resolutions, in particular resolution 2003\/6, of 15 April 2003, in which it strongly condemned the practice of “ liquidation” and “extrajudicial executions” carried out by the Israeli army against Palestinians,<\/p><\/div>\n

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 1.  Strongly condemns<\/i> the continuing grave violations of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular the tragic assassination of Sheikh Ahmad Yassin on 22 March 2004, in contravention of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949;<\/p><\/div>\n

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 2.   Notes with grave concern<\/i> the implications of such targeted assassinations, liquidation and murder of political leadership by the Israeli occupation forces on the overall situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular the possibility of a fresh wave of violence;<\/p><\/div>\n

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 3.  Calls upon Israel<\/i> to respect to the fullest the principles of international humanitarian law and to desist from all forms of violation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory;<\/p><\/div>\n

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  4.  Decides<\/i> to remain actively seized of the matter.<\/p><\/div>\n

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18th meeting
\n24 March 2004<\/i>
\n[Adopted by a recorded vote of 31 votes to 2,
\nwith 18 abstentions. See chap. III.]<\/p><\/div>\n

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2004\/3. Situation in occupied Palestine<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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 The Commission on Human Rights <\/i>, <\/p><\/div>\n

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 Guided<\/i> by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, in particular the provisions of Articles 1 and 55 thereof, which affirm the right of peoples to self-determination, and reaffirming the need for the scrupulous respect of the principle of refraining in international relations from the threat or use of force, as specified in the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, <\/p><\/div>\n

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 Guided also<\/i> by the provisions of article 1 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which affirm that all peoples have the right to self-determination, <\/p><\/div>\n

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  Guided further<\/i> by the provisions of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted in June 1993 by the World Conference on Human Rights, and in particular Part I, paragraphs 2 and 3, relating to the right of self-determination of all peoples and especially those subject to foreign occupation, <\/p><\/div>\n

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 Recalling<\/i> General Assembly resolutions 181 A and B (II) of 29 November 1947 and 194 (III) of 11 December 1948, as well as all other resolutions which confirm and define the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, particularly their right to self-determination, <\/p><\/div>\n

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 Recalling also<\/i> Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, 1397 (2002) of 12 March 2002 and 1402 (2002) of 30 March 2002, <\/p><\/div>\n

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 Recalling further <\/i>its previous resolutions in this regard, the latest of which is its resolution 2003\/3 of 14 April 2003, <\/p><\/div>\n

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 Reaffirming<\/i> the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, the relevant United Nations resolutions and declarations, and the provisions of international covenants and instruments relating to the right to self-determination as an international principle and as a right of all peoples in the world, as it is a jus cogens<\/i> in international law and a basic condition for achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the region of the Middle East, <\/p><\/div>\n

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 1.  Reaffirms<\/i> the inalienable, permanent and unqualified right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including their right to establish their sovereign and independent Palestinian State, and looks forward to the early fulfilment of this right; <\/p><\/div>\n

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 2.   Requests<\/i> the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the Government of Israel and all other Governments, to disseminate it on the widest possible scale and to make available to the Commission on Human Rights, prior to the convening of its sixty-first session, all information pertaining to the implementation of the present resolution by the Government of Israel; <\/p><\/div>\n

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 3.  Decides<\/i> to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-first session the item entitled “The right of peoples to self-determination and its application to peoples under colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation” and to consider the situation in occupied Palestine under that agenda item, as a matter of high priority.<\/p><\/div>\n

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44th meeting
\n8 April 2004<\/i>
\n[Adopted by a recorded vote of 52 votes to 1.
\nSee chap. V.]<\/p><\/div>\n

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