A/HRC/RES/58/27 determination as an international principle and as a right of all peoples in the world, and emphasizing that this jus cogens norm of international law is a basic prerequisite for achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, Deploring the plight of millions of Palestine refugees and displaced persons who have been uprooted from their homes, and the ongoing forcible displacement of Palestinian civilians due to the ongoing unlawful presence of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and expressing deep regret at the fact that more than half of the Palestinian people continue to live in exile in refugee camps throughout the region and the diaspora, in violation of their right to return and their right to self-determination as recognized under international law, Affirming the applicability of the principle of permanent sovereignty over natural resources to the Palestinian situation as an integral component of the right to selfdetermination, and recalling the determination by the International Court of Justice, in its advisory opinion of 19 July 2024, that the exploitation by Israel of natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is inconsistent with its obligations under international law, Recalling the conclusion of the International Court of Justice, in its advisory opinion of 9 July 2004, that the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people, which is a right erga omnes, is severely impeded by Israel, the occupying Power, through the construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, which, together with the Israeli settlement enterprise and measures previously taken, result in grave breaches of international humanitarian law and serious violations of international human rights law, including the forcible transfer of Palestinians and Israeli acquisition of Palestinian land, Recalling also the conclusion of the International Court of Justice, in its advisory opinion of 19 July 2024, that the policies and practices of Israel, including prolonged occupation, expansion of settlements, annexation and systemic discrimination, violate international law and obstruct the realization of the right of the Palestinian people to selfdetermination, Considering that the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination is being violated further by Israel through the existence and ongoing expansion of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Noting that the failure to bring the unlawful presence of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, to an end after 58 years heightens the international responsibility to uphold the human rights of the Palestinian people, and expressing its deep regret that the question of Palestine has remained unresolved for 78 years, since the adoption by the General Assembly on 29 November 1947 of its resolution 181 A and B (II) on partition, Reaffirming that the United Nations will continue to be engaged on the question of Palestine until the question is resolved in all its aspects in accordance with international law, 1. Reaffirms the inalienable, permanent and unqualified right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including their right to live in freedom, justice and dignity and the right to their independent State of Palestine; 2. Also reaffirms the need to achieve a just, comprehensive and lasting peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in conformity with international law and other internationally agreed parameters, including all relevant United Nations resolutions; 3. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to end immediately its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, which constitutes a wrongful act of continuing character entailing its international responsibility, and to reverse and redress any impediments to the political independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Palestine, in accordance with the legal findings and determinations of the International Court of Justice in its advisory opinion of 19 July 2024, and reaffirms its support for the solution of two States, Palestine and Israel, living side by side in peace and security; 4. Expresses grave concern at any action taken in contravention of the General Assembly and Security Council resolutions relevant to Jerusalem; 2