A/RES/65/13
Occupied Palestinian Territory, 4 and recalling also its resolutions ES-10/15 of
20 July 2004 and ES-10/17 of 15 December 2006,
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Reaffirming that the United Nations has a permanent responsibility towards the
question of Palestine until the question is resolved in all its aspects in a satisfactory
manner in accordance with international legitimacy,
Expresses its appreciation to the Committee on the Exercise of the
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Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for its efforts in performing the tasks
assigned to it by the General Assembly, and takes note of its annual report,1
including the conclusions and valuable recommendations contained in chapter VII
thereof;
Requests the Committee to continue to exert all efforts to promote the
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realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to
self-determination, to support the Middle East peace process and to mobilize
international support for and assistance to the Palestinian people, and authorizes the
Committee to make such adjustments in its approved programme of work as it may
consider appropriate and necessary in the light of developments and to report
thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session and thereafter;
Also requests the Committee to continue to keep under review the
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situation relating to the question of Palestine and to report and make suggestions to
the General Assembly, the Security Council or the Secretary-General, as
appropriate;
Further requests the Committee to continue to extend its cooperation and
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support to Palestinian and other civil society organizations and to continue to
involve additional civil society organizations and parliamentarians in its work in
order to mobilize international solidarity and support for the Palestinian people,
particularly during this critical period of political instability, humanitarian hardship
and financial crisis, with the overall aim of promoting the achievement by the
Palestinian people of its inalienable rights and a just, lasting and peaceful settlement
of the question of Palestine, the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict, on the basis of the
relevant United Nations resolutions, the terms of reference of the Madrid
Conference, including the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative2 and
the Quartet road map;3
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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;
Invites all Governments and organizations to extend their cooperation to
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the Committee in the performance of its tasks;
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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;
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See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136.
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