A/RES/56/61
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 February 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 88
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/56/550)]
56/61.
Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan
The General Assembly,
Guided by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and affirming
the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including those adopted at its tenth
emergency special session, as well as relevant Security Council resolutions,
including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 446 (1979) of 22 March
1979, 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 to the occupied Syrian Golan,
Aware of the Middle East peace process started at Madrid and the agreements
reached between the parties, in particular the Declaration of Principles on Interim
Self-Government Arrangements of 13 September 1993, 2 and the subsequent
implementation agreements,
Expressing grave concern about the continuation by Israel of settlement
activities, including the ongoing construction of the settlement in Jabal Abu-Ghneim
and in Ras Al-Amud in and around Occupied East Jerusalem, in violation of
international humanitarian law, relevant United Nations resolutions and the
agreements reached between the parties,
Taking into consideration the detrimental impact of Israeli settlement policies,
decisions and activities on the Middle East peace process,
Gravely concerned in particular about the dangerous situation resulting from
actions taken by the illegal armed Israeli settlers in the occupied territory, as
illustrated by the massacre of Palestinian worshippers by an illegal Israeli settler in
Al-Khalil on 25 February 1994, and during the past year,
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