United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/57/126
Distr.: General
24 February 2003
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 77
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/57/521)]
57/126. Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan
The General Assembly,
Guided by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and affirming
the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including those adopted at its tenth
emergency special session, as well as relevant Security Council resolutions,
including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 446 (1979) of 22 March
1979, 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980 and 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981,
Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the
Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 1 to the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to the occupied Syrian Golan,
Recalling the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government
Arrangements of 13 September 1993 2 and the subsequent implementation
agreements between the Palestinian and Israeli sides,
Aware that Israeli settlement activities have involved, inter alia, the transfer of
nationals of the occupying Power into the occupied territories, the confiscation of
land, the exploitation of natural resources and other illegal actions against the
Palestinian civilian population,
Bearing in mind the detrimental impact of Israeli settlement policies, decisions
and activities on efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East,
Expressing grave concern about the continuation by Israel of settlement
activities in violation of international humanitarian law, relevant United Nations
resolutions and the agreements reached between the parties, including the ongoing
construction of the settlements in Jabal Abu-Ghneim and Ras Al-Amud in and
around Occupied East Jerusalem,
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