Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan A/RES/72/86 Occupied Palestinian Territory, 4 and recalling also General Assembly resolutions ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004 and ES-10/17 of 15 December 2006, Noting that the International Court of Justice concluded that “the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (including East Jerusalem) have been established in breach of international law”, 5 Taking note of the recent reports of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, 6 Recalling the report of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, 7 Recalling also the statement of 15 July 1999 and the declarations adopted on 5 December 2001 and on 17 December 2014 8 by the Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention on measures to enforce the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, aimed at ensuring respect for the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Recalling further the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13 September 1993 9 and the subsequent implementation agreements between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, Recalling the Quartet road map to a permanent two -State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 10 and emphasizing specifically its call for a freeze on all settlement activity, including so-called natural growth, and the dismantlement of all settlement outposts erected since March 2001, and the need for Israel to uphold its obligations and commitments in this regard, Recalling also its resolution 67/19 of 29 November 2012, Noting the accession by Palestine to several human rights treaties and the core humanitarian law conventions, as well as other international treaties, Aware that Israeli settlement activities involve, inter alia, the transfer of nationals of the occupying Power into the occupied territories, the confiscation of land, the forced transfer of Palestinian civilians, including Bedouin families, the exploitation of natural resources, the fragmentation of territory and other actions against the Palestinian civilian population and the civilian population in the occupied Syrian Golan that are contrary to international law, Bearing in mind the extremely detrimental impact of Israeli settlement policies, decisions and activities on the ongoing regional and international efforts to resume and advance the peace process, on the prospects for the achievement of peace in the Middle East in accordance with the two -State solution of Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security within recognized borders, on the basis of the pre-1967 borders, and on the viability and credibility of that solution, __________________ 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2/5 See A/ES-10/273 and A/ES-10/273/Corr.1. Ibid., advisory opinion, para. 120. A/HRC/34/70; see also A/72/556. A/HRC/22/63. A/69/711-S/2015/1, annex. A/48/486-S/26560, annex. S/2003/529, annex. 17-22115