United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/56/204
Distr.: General
21 February 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 101
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/56/564)]
56/204. Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and
of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over
their natural resources
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 55/209 of 20 December 2000, and taking note of
Economic and Social Council resolution 2001/19 of 25 July 2001,
Reaffirming the principle of the permanent sovereignty of peoples under
foreign occupation over their natural resources,
Guided by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations affirming the
inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, and recalling relevant
Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November
1967, 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980 and 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981,
Reaffirming the 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 other Arab territories occupied by
Israel since 1967,
Expressing its concern at the exploitation by Israel, the occupying Power, of
the natural resources of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and
other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967,
Aware of the additional detrimental economic and social impact of the Israeli
settlements on Palestinian and other Arab natural resources, especially the
confiscation of land and the forced diversion of water resources,
Reaffirming the need for an immediate resumption of negotiations within the
Middle East peace process, on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967)
of 22 November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 and 425 (1978) of 19 March
1978 and the principle of land for peace, and for the achievement of a final
settlement on all tracks,
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