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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/77
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)]
54/77.
Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of
Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab
territories
The General Assembly,
Recalling its relevant resolutions,
Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
Having considered the reports of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the
Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories1 and the relevant
reports of the Secretary-General,2
Considering that the promotion of respect for the obligations arising from the Charter of the United
Nations and other instruments and rules of international law is among the basic purposes and principles
of the United Nations,
1
See A/54/73 and Add.1 and A/54/325.
2
A/54/181-185.
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