A/HRC/RES/37/34
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 April 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-seventh session
26 February–23 March 2018
Agenda item 7
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 23 March 2018
37/34.
Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, in
particular the provisions of Articles 1 and 55 thereof, which affirm the right of peoples to
self-determination, reaffirming the need for the scrupulous respect of the principle of
refraining in international relations from the threat or use of force, as specified in the
Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and
Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, adopted
by the General Assembly in its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, and affirming
the inadmissibility of acquisition of territory resulting from the threat or use of force,
Guided also by the provisions of article 1 of the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights, which affirm that all peoples have the right to self-determination,
Guided further by the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
Colonial Countries and Peoples, in particular article 1 thereof, and by the provisions of the
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted on 25 June 1993 by the World
Conference on Human Rights, and in particular Part I, paragraphs 2 and 3, relating to the
right of self-determination of all peoples and especially those subject to foreign occupation,
Recalling General Assembly resolutions 181 A and B (II) of 29 November 1947 and
194 (III) of 11 December 1948, and all other relevant United Nations resolutions, including
those adopted by the Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights
Council, that confirm and define the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people,
particularly their right to self-determination,
Recalling also Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338
(1973) of 22 October 1973, 1397 (2002) of 12 March 2002 and 1402 (2002) of 30 March
2002,
Recalling further General Assembly resolution 67/19 of 29 November 2012,
Reaffirming the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination in accordance
with the provisions of the Charter, relevant United Nations resolutions and declarations,
GE.18-05896(E)