{"id":189687,"date":"2002-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=189687"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:38:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:38:26","slug":"auto-insert-189687","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-189687\/","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:center;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<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory,<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Report of the Secretary-General<\/strong>&nbsp;**<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:11px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The present report is submitted pursuant to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/765529CE2510ABC685256B7200556EFA.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:justify;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">General Assembly resolution 56\/60<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;of 10 December 2001, the operative part of which reads as follows: <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;<i>&nbsp;The General Assembly<\/i>,\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;&#8220;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Reaffirms<\/i>&nbsp;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 Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;&#8220;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Demands<\/i>&nbsp;that Israel accept the de jure applicability of the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including 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:justify;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;&#8220;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Calls upon<\/i>&nbsp;all States parties to the Convention, in accordance with article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions, to exert all efforts in order to ensure respect for its provisions by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;&#8220;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Reiterates<\/i>&nbsp;the need for speedy implementation of the recommendations contained in its resolutions ES-10\/3 of 15 July 1997, ES-10\/4 of 13 November 1997, ES-10\/5 of 17 March 1998, ES-10\/6 of 9 February 1999 and ES-10\/7 of 20 October 2000 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:justify;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;&#8220;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Requests<\/i>&nbsp;the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On 10 June 2002, the Secretary-General addressed a note verbale to the Government of the State of Israel, in which he requested, in view of his reporting responsibilities under the resolution, that the Government of Israel 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:justify;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No reply had been received at the time of preparation of the present report. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By a note verbale dated 10 June 2002, the Secretary-General also drew the attention of all States parties to the Convention to paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 56\/60 and paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 56\/63. <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">___________________<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;A\/57\/150.<br \/>\n&nbsp;**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This document is submitted late so as to include the most up-to-date information possible.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 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