A/RES/72/15
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
7 December 2017
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 37
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 30 November 2017
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/72/L.11 and A/72/L.11/Add.1)]
72/15. Jerusalem
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947, in particular its
provisions regarding the City of Jerusalem,
Recalling also its resolution 36/120 E of 10 December 1981 and all its
subsequent relevant resolutions, including resolution 56/31 of 3 December 2001, in
which it, inter alia, determined that all legislative and administrative measures and
actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, which have altered or purported to
alter the character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem, in particular the
so-called “Basic Law” on Jerusalem and the proclamation of Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel, were null and void and must be rescinded forthwith,
Recalling further the Security Council resolutions relevant to Jerusalem,
including resolution 478 (1980) of 20 August 1980, in which the Council, inter alia,
decided not to recognize the “Basic Law” on Jerusalem,
Recalling Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) of 23 December 2016, in
which the Council affirmed that it would not recognize any changes to the 4 June
1967 lines, including with regard to Jerusalem, other than those agreed by the
parties through negotiations,
Recalling also the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the
International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the construction of a
wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 1 and recalling further its resolution
ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004,
Expressing its grave concern about any action taken by any body,
governmental or non-governmental, in violation of the above-mentioned resolutions,
Expressing its grave concern also, in particular, about the continuation by
Israel, the occupying Power, of illegal settlement activities, including measures
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See A/ES-10/273 and A/ES-10/273/Corr.1.
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