A/RES/79/163
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 December 2024
Seventy-ninth session
Agenda item 70
Right of peoples to self-determination
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 17 December 2024
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/79/457, para. 32)]
79/163.
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 advisory opinion rendered on 19 July 2024 by the International
Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and from the
illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 5
Stressing the urgency of achieving without delay an end to the Israeli occupation
that began in 1967 and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace settlement between
the Palestinian and Israeli sides, based on the relevant resolutions of the United
Nations, the Madrid terms of reference, including the principle of land for peace, the
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Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
Resolution 217 A (III).
3
Resolution 1514 (XV).
4
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
5
A/78/968.
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