A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/54/78 22 February 2000 Fifty-fourth session Agenda item 89 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/54/576)] 54/78. Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan The General Assembly, Guided by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and affirming the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, Recalling its relevant resolutions, including those adopted at its tenth emergency special session, as well as relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 446 (1979) of 22 March 1979, 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980 and 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981, Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,1 to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and to the occupied Syrian Golan, Aware of the Middle East peace process started at Madrid and the agreements reached between the parties, in particular the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973. 00 29970 /...