A/RES/56/33
Reaffirming that the United Nations has a permanent responsibility with
respect to the question of Palestine until the question is resolved in all its aspects in
a satisfactory manner in accordance with international legitimacy,
1.
Expresses its appreciation to the Committee on the Exercise of the
Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for its efforts in performing the tasks
assigned to it by the General Assembly;
2.
Considers
positive contribution
process and the full
international support
transitional period;
that the Committee can continue to make a valuable and
to international efforts to promote the Middle East peace
implementation of the agreements reached and to mobilize
for and assistance to the Palestinian people during the
3.
Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee
contained in chapter VII of its report; 1
4.
Requests the Committee to continue to keep under review the situation
relating to the question of Palestine and to report and make suggestions to the
General Assembly or the Security Council, as appropriate;
5.
Authorizes the Committee to continue to exert all efforts to promote the
exercise of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, to make such adjustments
in its approved programme of work as it may consider appropriate and necessary in
the light of developments, to give special emphasis to the need to mobilize support
and assistance for the Palestinian people and to report thereon to the General
Assembly at its fifty-seventh session and thereafter;
6.
Requests the Committee to continue to extend its cooperation and support
to Palestinian and other civil society organizations in order to mobilize international
solidarity and support for the achievement by the Palestinian people of its
inalienable rights and for a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, and to
involve additional civil society organizations in its work;
7.
Requests the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine,
established under General Assembly resolution 194 (III), and other United Nations
bodies associated with the question of Palestine to continue to cooperate fully with
the Committee and to make available to it, at its request, the relevant information
and documentation which they have at their disposal;
8.
Requests the Secretary-General to circulate the report of the Committee
to all the competent bodies of the United Nations, and urges them to take the
necessary action, as appropriate;
9.
Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Committee
with all the necessary facilities for the performance of its tasks.
72nd plenary meeting
3 December 2001
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