A/RES/48/41 Page 4 Stressing that Israel, the occupying Power, should strictly comply with its obligations under international law, 1. Reaffirms that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 1/ is applicable to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967; 2. Demands that Israel accept the de jure applicability of the Convention in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and that it comply scrupulously with the provisions of the Convention; 3. Calls upon all States parties to the Convention, in accordance with article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions, 7/ to exert all efforts in order to ensure respect for its provisions by Israel, the occupying Power, in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session on the implementation of the present resolution. 75th plenary meeting 10 December 1993 C The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, Recalling its relevant resolutions and the resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights, Aware of the responsibility of the international community to promote human rights and ensure respect for international law, Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, Gravely concerned about the violations of the human rights of the Palestinian people, as described in the reports of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, 4/ especially in the fields of collective punishment, closure of areas, annexation, establishment of settlements and mass deportation, Gravely concerned also about the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, resulting from the measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, designed to change the legal status, geographical nature and demographic composition of those territories, ____________ 7/ United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970-973. /...