A/RES/65/16
Convinced that achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive 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,
Stressing that the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples is
among the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory
by war,
Recalling its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970,
Reaffirming the illegality of the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory
occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem,
Stressing the extremely detrimental impact of Israeli settlement policies,
decisions and activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, on efforts to resume and advance the peace process and to achieve peace
in the Middle East,
Reaffirming the illegality of Israeli actions aimed at changing the status of
Jerusalem, including measures such as the so-called E-l plan, home demolitions,
evictions of Palestinian residents, excavations in and around religious and historic
sites, and all other unilateral measures aimed at altering the character, status and
demographic composition of the city and of the Territory as a whole,
Reaffirming also that the construction by Israel, the occupying Power, of a
wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem,
and its associated regime are contrary to international law,
Expressing deep concern about the continuing Israeli policy of closures and
severe restrictions on the movement of persons and goods, including medical and
humanitarian, via the imposition of prolonged closures and severe economic and
movement restrictions that in effect amount to a blockade, as well as of checkpoints
and a permit regime throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, and the consequent negative impact on the socio-economic situation of
the Palestinian people, which remains that of a humanitarian crisis, and on the
efforts aimed at rehabilitating and developing the damaged Palestinian economy and
on the contiguity of the Territory, while taking note of recent developments
regarding the situation of access to the Gaza Strip,
Recalling the mutual recognition between the Government of the State of
Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the
Palestinian people, 3 and the need for full compliance with the agreements concluded
between the two sides,
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Recalling also the endorsement by the Security Council, in resolution
1515 (2003), of the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State solution to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict 4 and the call in Council resolution 1850 (2008) for the
parties to fulfil their obligations under the road map, as affirmed in the IsraeliPalestinian Joint Understanding reached at the international conference held in
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See A/48/486-S/26560, annex.
S/2003/529, annex.