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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/29
5 February 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 85
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/50/606)]
50/29.
Report of the Special Committee to
Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the
Human Rights of the Palestinian People and
Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories
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The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations,
Guided also by the principles of international humanitarian law, in
particular the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian
Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 1/ as well as international
standards of human rights, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights 2/ and the International Covenants on Human Rights, 3/
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolution 2443 (XXIII) of
19 December 1968, and relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights,
Recalling also relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
Aware of the uprising (intifadah) of the Palestinian people,
1/
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
2/
Resolution 217 A (III).
3/
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
96-76459
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