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implementation agreements, in particular the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip, signed in Washington, D.C., on 28 September 1995,3
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 that the Committee can continue to make a valuable and positive contribution to
international efforts to promote the effective implementation of the Declaration of Principles on Interim SelfGovernment Arrangements and to mobilize international support for and assistance to the Palestinian people
during the transitional period;
3.
Endorses the recommendations of the Committee contained in chapter VII of its report;
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-third session and thereafter;
6. Requests the Committee to continue to extend its cooperation to non-governmental organizations
in their contribution towards heightening international awareness of the facts relating to the question of
Palestine and promoting support and assistance to meet the needs of the Palestinian people and to take the
necessary steps to involve additional non-governmental 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.
68th plenary meeting
9 December 1997
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A/51/889-S/1997/357, annex. For the final text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-second
Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1997, document S/1997/357.