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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/53/42
20 January 1999
Fifty-third session
Agenda item 39
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/53/L.51 and Add.1)]
53/42. Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine
The General Assembly,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolutions adopted at the tenth emergency special session,
Recalling also the relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967) of
22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973,
Aware that 1997 marked fifty years since the adoption of resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947
and thirty years since the occupation of Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General1 submitted pursuant to the request made in
its resolution 52/52 of 9 December 1997,
Convinced that achieving a final and peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, the core of the
Arab-Israeli conflict, is imperative for the attainment of a comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle
East,
Aware that the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples is among the purposes and
principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations,
1
A/53/652–S/1998/1050; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-third Year, Supplement for
October, November and December 1998, document S/1998/1050.
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