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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/140
30 January 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 104
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/50/627)]
50/140.
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 its
Charter,
Recalling 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 by the World Conference on Human Rights on
25 June 1993, 4/
Noting the progress made in the Middle East peace process, in particular
the mutual recognition and the signing of the Declaration of Principles on
Interim Self-Government Arrangements in Washington on 13 September 1993 by the
Palestine Liberation Organization and the Government of Israel, 5/ as well as
the ensuing implementation agreements, the last of which was the interim
agreement of 28 September 1995,
1/
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
2/
Resolution 217 A (III).
3/
Resolution 1514 (XV).
4/
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
5/
A/48/486-S/26560, annex.
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