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Taking note of the completion of the programme of identification and
evaluation of Arab property, as announced by the Conciliation Commission in
its twenty-second progress report,4 and of the fact that the Land Office had a
schedule of Arab owners and file of documents defining the location, area and
other particulars of Arab property,
Recalling that in the framework of the Middle East peace process the
Palestine Liberation Organization and the Government of Israel agreed, in the
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13
September 1993,5 to commence negotiations on permanent status issues,
including the important issue of the refugees, and calling for the
commencement of those negotiations,
1.
Reaffirms that the Palestine Arab refugees are entitled to their
property and to the income derived therefrom, in conformity with the
principles of justice and equity;
2.
Requests the Secretary-General to take all appropriate steps, in
consultation with the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine,
for the protection of Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel and
to preserve and modernize the existing records;
3.
Calls once more upon Israel to render all facilities and
assistance to the Secretary-General in the implementation of the present
resolution;
4.
Calls upon all the parties concerned to provide the SecretaryGeneral with any pertinent information in their possession concerning Arab
property, assets and property rights in Israel that would assist him in the
implementation of the present resolution;
5.
Urges the Palestinian and Israeli sides, as agreed between them,
to deal with the important issue of Palestine refugees' properties and their
revenues in the framework of the final status negotiations of the Middle East
peace process;
6.
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution.
83rd plenary meeting
13 December 1996
4
Official Records of the General Assembly, Nineteenth Session, Annexes,
Annex No. 11, document A/5700.
5
A/48/486-S/26560, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council,
Forty-eighth Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1993, document
S/26560.