A/RES/74/139
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
21 January 2020
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 69
Right of peoples to self-determination
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 18 December 2019
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/74/398)]
74/139.
The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination
The General Assembly,
Aware that the development of friendly relations among nations, based on
respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, is among
the purposes and principles of the United Nations, as defined in the Charter,
Recalling, in this regard, its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, entitled
“Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and
Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations ”,
Bearing in mind the International Covenants on Human Rights, 1 the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, 2 the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
Colonial Countries and Peoples 3 and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of
Action adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, 4
Recalling the Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the
United Nations, 5
Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 6
Recalling further the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the
International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the construction of a wall
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Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
Resolution 217 A (III).
Resolution 1514 (XV).
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
Resolution 50/6.
Resolution 55/2.
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