E/2008/27 E/CN.6/2008/11 deterioration in the economic and social conditions on the ground in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Emphasizing the importance of increasing the role of women in decisionmaking with regard to conflict prevention and the peaceful resolution of conflicts as part of efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of all women in the region, Calls upon the concerned parties, as well as the international community, 1. to exert all the necessary efforts to support the resumption of the peace process on its agreed basis, taking into account the common ground already gained, and calls for intensified measures to be taken for the tangible improvement of the difficult situation on the ground and the living conditions faced by Palestinian women and their families; Reaffirms that the Israeli occupation remains a major obstacle for 2. Palestinian women with regard to their advancement, self-reliance and integration in the development of their society, and encourages all women in the region to take an active role in supporting the peace process; Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with the 3. provisions and principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 the Regulations annexed to The Hague Convention IV of 18 October 1907 11 and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 12 in order to protect the rights of Palestinian women and their families; 4. Calls upon Israel to facilitate the return of all refugees and displaced Palestinian women and children to their homes and properties, in compliance with the relevant United Nations resolutions; Calls upon the international community to continue to provide urgently 5. needed assistance and services in an effort to alleviate the dire humanitarian crisis being faced by Palestinian women and their families, to promote their development in various fields and to help in the reconstruction of relevant Palestinian institutions; Requests the Commission on the Status of Women to continue to monitor 6. and take action with regard to the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women,2 in particular paragraph 260 concerning Palestinian women and children, the Beijing Platform for Action3 and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”;4 7. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to review the situation, to assist Palestinian women by all available means, including those laid out in the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women, and to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women, at its fifty-third session, a report, including information provided by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution. __________________ 10 11 12 08-29062 General Assembly resolution 217 A (III). See Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915). United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973. 11