A/RES/69/23
United Nations
Distr.: General
12 December 2014
General Assembly
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 36
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 25 November 2014
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/69/L.24 and Add.1)]
69/23.
Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine
The General Assembly,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including those adopted at its tenth
emergency special session,
Recalling also its resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004,
Recalling further relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions
242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, 1397 (2002) of
12 March 2002, 1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003, 1544 (2004) of 19 May 2004
and 1850 (2008) of 16 December 2008,
Recalling the affirmation by the Security Council of the vision of a region
where two States, Israel and Palestine, live side by side within secure and
recognized borders,
Noting with concern that it has been 67 years since the adoption of its
resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947 and 47 years since the occupation of
Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, in 1967,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to
the request made in its resolution 68/15 of 26 November 2013,1
Reaffirming the permanent responsibility of the United Nations with regard to
the question of Palestine until the question is resolved in all its aspects in
accordance with international law and relevant resolutions,
Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International
Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, 2 and recalling also its resolutions ES-10/15 of
20 July 2004 and ES-10/17 of 15 December 2006,
Convinced that achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement of the
question of Palestine, the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict, is imperative for the
attainment of comprehensive and lasting peace and stability in the Middle East,
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A/69/371-S/2014/650.
See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1.
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