A/RES/58/163
United Nations
Distr.: General
4 March 2004
General Assembly
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 116
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2003
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/58/507)]
58/163. The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination
The General Assembly,
Aware that the development of friendly relations among nations, based on
respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, is among
the purposes and principles of the United Nations, as defined in the Charter,
Recalling the International Covenants on Human Rights, 1 the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, 2 the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
Colonial Countries and Peoples 3 and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of
Action adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, 4
Recalling also the Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of
the United Nations, 5
Recalling further the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 6
Expressing the urgent need for the resumption of negotiations within the
Middle East peace process on its agreed basis and for the speedy achievement of a
final settlement between the Palestinian and Israeli sides,
Affirming the right of all States in the region to live in peace within secure and
internationally recognized borders,
Reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination,
1.
including the right to their independent State of Palestine;
Urges all States and the specialized agencies and organizations of the
2.
United Nations system to continue to support and assist the Palestinian people in the
early realization of their right to self-determination.
77th plenary meeting
22 December 2003
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1
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
Resolution 217 A (III).
3
Resolution 1514 (XV).
4
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
5
See resolution 50/6.
6
See resolution 55/2.
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