A/RES/55/133
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
28 February 2001
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 85
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/55/571)]
55/133. Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the
Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including Jerusalem
The General Assembly,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including those adopted at its tenth
emergency special session, and the resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights,
Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, the most
recent of which are resolutions 904 (1994) of 18 March 1994, 1073 (1996) of
28 September 1996 and 1322 (2000) of 7 October 2000,
Having considered the reports of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli
Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of
the Occupied Territories 1 and the reports of the Secretary-General, 2
Aware of the responsibility of the international community to promote human
rights and ensure respect for international law,
Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory
by force,
Reaffirming also the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the
Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 3 to the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by
Israel since 1967,
Stressing the need for compliance with the Israeli-Palestinian agreements
reached within the context of the Middle East peace process,
Noting the withdrawal of the Israeli army, which took place in the Gaza Strip
and the Jericho area, and the subsequent Israeli redeployments in accordance with
the agreements reached between the parties, and noting that the third agreed-upon
phase of redeployment has not been implemented,
1
A/55/373 and Add.1 and A/55/453.
A/55/261-265.
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