A/RES/58/99
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 December 2003
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 84
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2003
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/58/473 and Corr.1)]
58/99. Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the
Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including East Jerusalem
The General Assembly,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including those adopted at its tenth
emergency special session, and the resolutions of the Commission on Human
Rights,
Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
Having considered the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli
Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of
the Occupied Territories 1 and the reports of the Secretary-General, 2
Taking note of the report of the Human Rights Inquiry Commission established
by the Commission on Human Rights 3 and the report of the Special Rapporteur of
the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the
Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967, 4
Aware of the responsibility of the international community to promote human
rights and ensure respect for international law,
Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory
by force,
Reaffirming also the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the
Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 5 to the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied
by Israel since 1967,
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1
A/58/311.
A/58/155, A/58/156, A/58/263, A/58/264 and A/58/310.
3
E/CN.4/2001/121.
4
E/CN.4/2004/6.
5
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
2
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