{"id":178741,"date":"2006-09-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=178741"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:43:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:43:45","slug":"auto-insert-178741","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-178741\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli practices\/Fourth Geneva Convention &#8211; SecGen report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:16.5px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:150%;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;color:#000000;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Report of the Secretary-General<\/strong>**<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">1.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The present report is submitted pursuant to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/85D5E8E8BDEE8A9085257106006BF3F4.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">General Assembly resolution 60\/105<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;of 8 December 2005, the operative part of which reads as follows:<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<i>&#8220;The General Assembly, <\/i>&#8220;&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<i>&#8220;1.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Reafirms <\/i>that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, is applicable to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<i>&#8220;2.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Demands <\/i>that Israel accept the de jure applicability of the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and that it comply scrupulously with the provisions of the Convention;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<i>&#8220;3.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Calls upon <\/i>all High Contracting Parties to the Convention, in accordance with article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions, and as mentioned in the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 9 July 2004, to continue to exert all efforts to ensure respect for its provisions by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;4.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><i>Reiterates <\/i>the need for speedy implementation of the relevant recommendations contained in the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth emergency special session, including resolution ES-10\/15, with regard to ensuring respect by Israel, the occupying Power, for the provisions of the Convention;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<i>&#8220;5.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Requests <\/i>the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session on the implementation of the present resolution.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">2.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>&nbsp;On 29 June 2006, the Secretary-General addressed a note verbale to the Government of Israel, in which he requested, in view of his reporting responsibilities under the 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.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">3.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; 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