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and the provisions of international covenants and instruments relating to the right to selfdetermination as an international principle and as a right of all peoples in the world, and
emphasizing that this jus cogens norm of international law is a basic prerequisite for
achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East,
Deploring the plight of millions of Palestine refugees and displaced persons who
have been uprooted from their homes, and expressing deep regret about the fact that more
than half of the Palestinian people continue to live in exile in refugee camps throughout the
region and in the diaspora,
Affirming the applicability of the principle of permanent sovereignty over natural
resources to the Palestinian situation as an integral component of the right to selfdetermination,
Recalling the conclusion of the International Court of Justice, in its advisory opinion
of 9 July 2004, that the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people, which is a right
erga omnes, is severely impeded by Israel, the occupying Power, through the construction
of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, which, together
with the Israeli settlement enterprise and measures previously taken, results in serious
violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, including the forcible
transfer of Palestinians and Israeli acquisition of Palestinian land,
Considering that the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people is being
violated further by Israel through the existence and ongoing expansion of settlements in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Noting that the failure to bring the occupation to an end after 50 years heightens the
international responsibility to uphold the human rights of the Palestinian people, and
expressing its deep regret that the question of Palestine remains unresolved 70 years since
the resolution on partition,
Reaffirming that the United Nations will continue to be engaged on the question of
Palestine until the question is resolved in all its aspects in accordance with international
law,
1.
Reaffirms the inalienable, permanent and unqualified right of the Palestinian
people to self-determination, including their right to live in freedom, justice and dignity and
the right to their independent State of Palestine;
2.
Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to immediately end its occupation of
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and further reaffirms its
support for the solution of two States, Palestine and Israel, living side by side in peace and
security;
3.
Expresses grave concern at any action taken by any body, governmental or
non-governmental, in violation of the General Assembly and Security Council resolutions
relevant to Jerusalem;
4.
Expresses grave concern at the fragmentation and the changes in the
demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
which are resulting from Israel’s continuing construction and expansion of settlements,
forcible transfer of Palestinians and construction of the wall, stresses that this
fragmentation, which undermines the possibility of the Palestinian people realizing their
right to self-determination, is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter
of the United Nations, and emphasizes in this regard the need for respect for and
preservation of the territorial unity, contiguity and integrity of all of the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;
5.
Confirms that the right of the Palestinian people to permanent sovereignty
over their natural wealth and resources must be used in the interest of their national
development, the well-being of the Palestinian people and as part of the realization of their
right to self-determination;
6.
Calls upon all States to ensure their obligations of non-recognition, non-aid
or assistance with regard to the serious breaches of peremptory norms of international law
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