{"id":177225,"date":"1997-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=177225"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:27:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:27:36","slug":"auto-insert-177225","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-177225\/","title":{"rendered":"Situation in the OPT\/Jerusalem\/Settlements- Request for SecCo meeting – Letter from Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY\t<\/span>SECURITY COUNCIL<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fifty-first session\t<\/span>Fifty-second year<\/p><\/div>\n

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Agenda items 33, 35 and 85<\/p><\/div>\n

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THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION OF PALESTINE<\/p><\/div>\n

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REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO<\/p><\/div>\n

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  INVESTIGATE ISRAELI PRACTICES<\/p><\/div>\n

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  AFFECTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF<\/p><\/div>\n

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  THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND OTHER<\/p><\/div>\n

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  ARABS OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES<\/p><\/div>\n

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Letter dated 18 March 1997 from the Permanent Observer<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n

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of Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n

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Secretary-General<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Following my letter to you of 17 March 1997, I wish to inform you that Israel, the occupying Power, has today, 18 March, begun the actual work for construction of a new settlement in the Jabal Abu Ghneim area to the south of occupied East Jerusalem.  The Israeli occupying authorities closed off the area, declaring it a military zone, and sent in bulldozers to start the work.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>We call upon the Security Council to convene an immediate, official meeting to consider this serious situation, and to adopt a resolution in this regard, clearly demanding the immediate and full cessation of all settlement activities in Jabal Abu Ghneim, East Jerusalem and throughout the occupied Palestinian territory.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>We believe that it is the duty of the Council to act and to act rapidly in response to such grave developments.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>I would be grateful if you would arrange to have the text of the present letter distributed as a document of the General Assembly, under agenda items 33, 35 and 85 of the fifty-first session, and of the Security Council.<\/p><\/div>\n

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(Signed<\/u>)  Nasser AL-KIDWA        <\/p><\/div>\n

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Permanent Observer of Palestine<\/p><\/div>\n

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to the United Nations     <\/p><\/div>\n

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—–<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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