United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/55/209
Distr.: General
15 February 2001
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 98
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/55/585)]
55/209. Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and
of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over
their natural resources
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 54/230 of 22 December 1999, and taking note of
Economic and Social Council resolution 2000/31 of 28 July 2000,
Reaffirming the principle of the permanent sovereignty of peoples under
foreign occupation over their natural resources,
Guided by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, affirming the
inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, and recalling the relevant
Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November
1967, 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 other Arab territories occupied by
Israel since 1967,
Expressing its concern at the exploitation by Israel, the occupying Power, of
the natural resources of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and
other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967,
Aware of the additional detrimental economic and social impact of the Israeli
settlements on Palestinian and other Arab natural resources, especially the
confiscation of land and the forced diversion of water resources,
Reaffirming the need for an immediate resumption of negotiations within the
Middle East peace process, on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967)
of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, and the principle of land
for peace, and for the achievement of a final settlement on all tracks,
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