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help the parties to implement the agreements reached, and stressing the importance of
Palestinian, Israeli and international non-governmental organizations, which have been
instrumental in human rights monitoring, protection and relief efforts undertaken by the
international community, and expressing concern about the decision taken by Israel to
proscribe, ban or smear certain non-governmental organizations,
1.
Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, end its unlawful presence in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, as rapidly as possible, and stresses
that all efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict must be grounded in respect for
international humanitarian law and international human rights law and relevant United
Nations resolutions;
2.
Also demands that Israel immediately lift its illegal blockade on the Gaza Strip
and all other forms of collective punishment and siege;
3.
Deplores the violation by Israel of the ceasefire agreement and calls for respect
for and the full implementation of the agreement, including unimpeded humanitarian
assistance and the urgent restoration of basic necessities to the Palestinian population in the
Gaza Strip, including to allow for their return to all parts of Gaza and for recovery and
reconstruction efforts to begin immediately;
4.
Calls upon all States to take immediate action to prevent the continued forcible
transfer of Palestinians within or from the Gaza Strip, in compliance with their obligations
under international law;
5.
Condemns the use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the Gaza
Strip, the unlawful denial of humanitarian access, the wilful impeding of relief supplies and
the deprivation of objects indispensable to the survival of civilians, including food, water,
electricity, fuel and telecommunications, by Israel, the occupying Power;
6.
Expresses grave concern at statements by Israeli officials, and recalls the order
on provisional measures issued by the International Court of Justice on 26 January 2024
under which Israel shall take all measures within its power to prevent and punish the direct
and public incitement to commit genocide in relation to members of the Palestinian group in
the Gaza Strip;
7.
Deplores the ongoing policy of Israel of imposing punitive measures on the
Palestinian people, leadership and civil society, and calls upon Israel to end its practice of
“withholding” Palestinian tax revenues;
8.
Stresses the imperative of credible, timely and comprehensive accountability
for all violations of international law in order to attain justice for victims and establish a just
and sustainable peace;
9.
Welcomes the ongoing investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor of the
International Criminal Court into the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and
looks forward to its continuation, with a view to ensuring accountability for the crimes under
the Court’s jurisdiction;
10.
Urges all States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
to uphold their international legal obligations to cooperate fully with the International
Criminal Court to enforce its arrest warrant against those who have committed war crimes
and crimes against humanity;
11.
Reiterates that all measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power,
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in violation of the relevant
provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time
of War, of 12 August 1949 (Fourth Geneva Convention), and contrary to the relevant
resolutions of the Security Council are illegal and have no validity;
12.
Affirms that no State shall recognize as lawful a situation created by a serious
breach by a State of an obligation arising under a peremptory norm of general international
law, nor render aid or assistance in maintaining that situation, and that all States shall
cooperate to bring to an end through lawful means any serious breach;
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