A/RES/55/132
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General, 3
1.
Reaffirms that Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory, including
Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and an obstacle to peace and
economic and social development;
2.
Calls upon Israel to accept the de jure 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 and to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the
Convention, in particular article 49;
3.
Demands complete cessation of the construction of the settlement in
Jabal Abu-Ghneim and of all Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan;
4.
Stresses the need for full implementation of Security Council resolution
904 (1994) of 18 March 1994, in which, among other things, the Council called
upon Israel, the occupying Power, to continue to take and implement measures,
including, inter alia, confiscation of arms, with the aim of preventing illegal acts of
violence by Israeli settlers, and called for measures to be taken to guarantee the
safety and protection of the Palestinian civilians in the occupied territory;
5.
Reiterates its call for the prevention of illegal acts of violence by Israeli
settlers, particularly in the light of recent developments;
6.
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its
fifty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution.
83rd plenary meeting
8 December 2000
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