A/RES/65/17
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
25 January 2011
Sixty-fifth session
Agenda item 36
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 30 November 2010
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/65/L.18)]
65/17. 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capital of Israel, were null and void and must be rescinded forthwith,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 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 its resolution ES-10/15 of 20 July
2004,
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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 the so-called
E-1 plan, its construction of the wall in and around East Jerusalem, its restrictions
on access to and residence in East Jerusalem and the further isolation of the city
from the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which are having a detrimental
effect on the lives of Palestinians and could prejudge a final status agreement on
Jerusalem,
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1
See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136.
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