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Aware of the additional, detrimental economic and social impact of the Israeli settlements on Palestinian
and other Arab natural resources, especially the confiscation of land and the forced diversion of water
resources,
Expressing the hope that the Middle East peace process, which started at Madrid on 30 October 1991,
on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October
1973 and 425 (1978) of 19 March 1978 and the principle of land for peace, will reach a final settlement
within the agreed time-frame, and that final settlement will be reached on all tracks,
1.
Takes note of the report transmitted by the Secretary-General;2
2. Reaffirms the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and the population of the occupied Syrian
Golan over their natural resources, including land and water;
3. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, not to exploit, to cause loss or depletion of or to endanger
the natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian
Golan;
4. Recognizes the right of the Palestinian people to claim restitution as a result of any exploitation,
loss or depletion of, or danger to, their natural resources, and expresses the hope that this issue will be dealt
with in the framework of the final status negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to it at its fifty-fifth session on the implementation of the
present resolution, and decides to include in the agenda of its fifty-fifth session the item entitled “Permanent
sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and of the
Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources”.
87th plenary meeting
22 December 1999
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A/54/152-E/1999/92, annex.