A/RES/73/100
The occupied Syrian Golan
Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 237 (1967) of 14 June 1967,
Welcoming the convening at Madrid of the Peace Conference on the Middle East
on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and
338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 aimed at the realization of a just, comprehensive and
lasting peace, and expressing grave concern about the stalling of the peace process on
all tracks,
1.
Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply with the relevant
resolutions on the occupied Syrian Golan, in particular Security Council resolution
497 (1981), in which the Council, inter alia, decided that the Israeli decision to i mpose
its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan was null and
void and without international legal effect and demanded that Israel, the occupying
Power, rescind forthwith its decision;
2.
Also calls upon Israel to desist from changing the physical character,
demographic composition, institutional structure and legal status of the occupied
Syrian Golan and in particular to desist from the establishment of settlements;
3.
Determines that all legislative and administrative measures and actions
taken or to be taken by Israel, the occupying Power, that purport to alter the character
and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan are null and void, constitute a flagrant
violation of international law and of the Geneva Convention relati ve to the Protection
of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 3 and have no legal effect;
4.
Calls upon Israel to desist from imposing Israeli citizenship and Israeli
identity cards on the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan, and from its
repressive measures against the population of the occupied Syrian Golan;
5.
Deplores the violations by Israel of the Geneva Convention relative to the
Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949;
6.
Calls once again upon Member States not to recognize any of the
legislative or administrative measures and actions referred to above;
7.
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its
seventy-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution.
48th plenary meeting
7 December 2018
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