(a) In the seventh preambular paragraph, the words "in Al-Ibrahimi mosque
in Al-Khalil (Hebron)" were replaced by the words "in Ibrahimi mosque in
Hebron";
(b) In operative paragraph 1, the word "national" before the words
"development plan" was deleted;
(c)
Operative paragraph 2, which had read:
"2. Considers the illegal Israeli policy of settlements, displacement
of the Palestinian people, denial of Palestinian family reunification and
closure and isolation of Palestinian communities to be a violation of the
inalienable rights of Palestinian women guaranteed in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, the Hague Conventions and the Geneva
Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,
of 12 August 1949",
was replaced by the following text:
"2. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with the
provisions and principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the
Hague Regulations and the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the
Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, in order
to protect the rights of Palestinian women and their families".
48. At the same meeting, the representative of the United States of America
requested a vote on the draft resolution, as orally revised.
49.
The representative of Algeria requested that the vote be by roll call.
50. The Commission adopted the draft resolution, as orally revised, by a vote
of 38 to 1, with 3 abstentions (see chap. I, sect. C, resolution 38/4). The
voting was as follows:
In favour:
Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bulgaria,
Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador,
Finland, France, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iran (Islamic
Republic of), Italy, Japan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,
Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, Pakistan, Peru,
Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Slovakia,
Spain, Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, Venezuela, Zambia.
Against:
United States of America.
Abstaining:
Belarus, Kenya, Netherlands.
51. After the draft resolution was adopted, statements were made by the
representatives of the United States of America, Australia, the Netherlands and
the Islamic Republic of Iran and the observers for Israel and the Syrian Arab
Republic.
52.
The observer for Palestine made a statement.
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