{"id":188257,"date":"1993-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=188257"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:23:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:23:12","slug":"auto-insert-188257","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-188257\/","title":{"rendered":"Human rights situation in the occupied Syrian Golan – CHR resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Commission on Human Rights resolution 1993\/1<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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

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Deeply concerned<\/u> at the suffering of the population of the Syrian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967 and the continued Israeli military occupation, and that the human rights of the population continue to be violated,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Recalling<\/u> Security Council resolution 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981, in which the Council, inter alia<\/u>, decided that the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan was null and void and without international legal effect, and demanded that Israel should rescind forthwith its decision,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Recalling<\/u> General Assembly resolutions 36\/226 B of 17 December 1981, ES-9\/1 of 5 February 1982, 37\/88 E of 10 December 1982, 38\/79 F of 15 December 1983, 39\/95 F of 14 December 1984, 40\/161 F of 16 December 1985, 41\/63 F of 3 December 1986, 42\/160 F of 8 December 1987, 43\/21 of 3 November 1988, 43\/58 F of 6 December 1988, 44\/2 of 6 October 1989, 45\/74 F of 11 December 1990, 46\/47 F of 9 December 1991 and 47\/70 F of 14 December 1992,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Recalling also<\/u> General Assembly resolution 3414 (XXX) of 5 December 1975 and other relevant resolutions in which the Assembly, inter alia<\/u>, demanded the immediate, unconditional and total withdrawal of Israel from the Arab territories occupied since 1967,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Recalling further<\/u> General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX) of 14 December 1974, in which the Assembly defined an act of aggression,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Reaffirming once more<\/u> the illegality of Israel's decision of 14 December 1981 to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Reaffirming<\/u> that the acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible under the principles of international law and under the Charter of the United Nations and the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly, and that all territories thus occupied by Israel must be returned,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Taking note with deep concern<\/u> of the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (A\/47\/509) and, in this connection, deploring Israel's constant refusal to cooperate with and to receive the Special Committee, <\/p><\/div>\n

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Expressing its grave alarm<\/u>, after considering the above-mentioned report of the Special Committee, over Israel's flagrant and persistent violations of human rights in the Syrian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, despite the resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly which repeatedly called upon Israel to put an end to such occupation,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Reaffirming<\/u> its previous relevant resolutions, the most recent being resolution 1992\/1 of 14 February 1992,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Guided<\/u> by the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and with particular reference to the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, and the relevant provisions of The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907,<\/p><\/div>\n

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1.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns<\/u> Israel, the occupying Power, for its refusal to comply with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, particularly resolution 497 (1981), in which the Council, inter alia<\/u>, decided that the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan was null and void and without international legal effect, and demanded that Israel, the occupying Power, should rescind forthwith its decision;<\/p><\/div>\n

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2.\t<\/span>Condemns<\/u> the persistence of Israel in changing the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan, and emphasizes that the displaced persons of the population of the occupied Syrian Golan must be allowed to return to their homes and to recover their property;<\/p><\/div>\n

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3.\t<\/span>Determines<\/u> that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken or to be taken by Israel, the occupying Power, that purport to alter the character and legal status of the Syrian Golan are null and void, constitute a flagrant violation of international law and of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, and have no legal effect;<\/p><\/div>\n

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4.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns<\/u> Israel for its attempt to impose forcibly Israeli citizenship and Israeli identity cards on the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan and for its practices of annexation, establishment of settlements, confiscation of lands, diversion of water resources and imposing a boycott on their agricultural products; and calls upon Israel to desist from its settlement designs and policies aimed against academic institutions with the goal of distorting the historical facts and serving the objectives of occupation, and to desist from its repressive measures against the population of the occupied Syrian Golan;<\/p><\/div>\n

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5.\t<\/span>Calls once again upon<\/u> Member States not to recognize any of the legislative or administrative measures and actions referred to in the present resolution;<\/p><\/div>\n

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6.\t<\/span>Requests<\/u> the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all Governments, the competent United Nations organs, the specialized agencies, regional intergovernmental organizations and international humanitarian organizations and to give it the widest possible publicity, and to report to the Commission on Human Rights at its fiftieth session;<\/p><\/div>\n

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7.\t<\/span>Decides<\/u> to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session, as a matter of high priority, the item entitled "Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine".<\/p><\/div>\n

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29th meeting<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n

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19 February 1993<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n

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[Adopted by a roll-call vote of 29 to 1,<\/p><\/div>\n

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with 17 abstentions. .]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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