A/RES/67/19
United Nations
Distr.: General
4 December 2012
General Assembly
Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 37
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 29 November 2012
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/67/L.28 and Add.1)]
67/19. Status of Palestine in the United Nations
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
and stressing in this regard the principle of equal rights and self-determination of
peoples,
Recalling its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, 1 by which it
affirmed, inter alia, the duty of every State to promote, through joint and separate
action, realization of the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples,
Stressing the importance of maintaining and strengthening international peace
founded upon freedom, equality, justice and respect for fundamental human rights,
Recalling its resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947,
Reaffirming the principle, set out in the Charter, of the inadmissibility of the
acquisition of territory by force,
Reaffirming also relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions
242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, 446 (1979) of
22 March 1979, 478 (1980) of 20 August 1980, 1397 (2002) of 12 March 2002,
1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003 and 1850 (2008) of 16 December 2008,
Reaffirming further the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the
Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 2 to the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, including with regard to the matter
of prisoners,
Reaffirming its resolution 3236 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974 and all relevant
resolutions, including resolution 66/146 of 19 December 2011, reaffirming the right
of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including the right to their
independent State of Palestine,
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1
Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among
States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.
2
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
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