A/RES/61/118
Noting that the International Court of Justice concluded that “the Israeli
settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (including East Jerusalem) have
been established in breach of international law”, 5
Taking note of the recent report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights
Council on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by
Israel since 1967, 6
Recalling the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government
Arrangements of 13 September 1993 7 and the subsequent implementation
agreements between the Palestinian and Israeli sides,
Recalling also the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State solution to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 8 and noting specifically its call for a freeze on all
settlement activity,
Aware that Israeli settlement activities involve, 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, the occupying
Power, of settlement activities, including in and around East Jerusalem, in violation
of international humanitarian law, relevant United Nations resolutions and the
agreements reached between the parties, and concerned in particular about the
construction and expansion of the settlements in Jabal Abu-Ghneim and Ras
Al-Amud in and around Occupied East Jerusalem and Israel’s intentions to proceed
with the so-called E-1 plan, aimed at connecting its illegal settlements around and
further isolating Occupied East Jerusalem,
Expressing grave concern also about the continuing unlawful construction by
Israel of the wall inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around
East Jerusalem, and expressing its concern in particular about the route of the wall
in departure from the Armistice Line of 1949, which could prejudge future
negotiations and make the two-State solution physically impossible to implement
and which is causing serious humanitarian hardship and a serious decline of socioeconomic conditions for the Palestinian people,
Deeply concerned that the wall’s route has been traced in such a way as to
include the great majority of the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Reiterating its opposition to settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan and to any
activities involving the confiscation of land, the disruption of the livelihood of
protected persons and the de facto annexation of land,
Recalling the need to end all acts of violence, including acts of terror,
provocation, incitement and destruction,
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5
Ibid., advisory opinion, para. 120.
See A/61/470.
7
A/48/486-S/26560, annex.
8
S/2003/529, annex.
6
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