United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/59/31
Distr.: General
31 January 2005
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 37
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 1 December 2004
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.37 and Add.1)]
59/31. Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine
The General Assembly,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including those adopted at the tenth
emergency special session,
Recalling also its resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004,
Recalling further the relevant Security Council resolutions, including
resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973,
1397 (2002) of 12 March 2002, 1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003 and 1544 (2004)
of 19 May 2004,
Welcoming the affirmation by the Security Council of the vision of a region where
two States, Israel and Palestine, live side by side within secure and recognized borders,
Noting with concern that it has been fifty-seven years since the adoption of
resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947 and thirty-seven years since the occupation
of Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, in 1967,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to
the request made in its resolution 58/21 of 3 December 2003, 1
Reaffirming the permanent responsibility of the United Nations with regard to
the question of Palestine until the question is resolved in all its aspects in
accordance with international law,
Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International
Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, 2 and recalling also its resolution ES-10/15 of
20 July 2004,
Convinced that achieving a final and peaceful settlement of the question of
Palestine, the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict, is imperative for the attainment of
comprehensive and lasting peace and stability in the Middle East,
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A/59/574-S/2004/909.
See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1.