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UNITED
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General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/76
22 February 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 89
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/54/576)]
54/76.
Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting
the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the
Occupied Territories
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Guided also by the principles of international humanitarian law, in particular the Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,1 as well as international
standards of human rights, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights2 and the International
Covenants on Human Rights,3
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolution 2443 (XXIII) of 19 December 1968, and
relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights,
Recalling also relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
Aware of the lasting impact of the uprising (intifada) of the Palestinian people,
1
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
2
Resolution 217 A (III).
3
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
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