United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/119 Distr.: General 24 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 76 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/57/520)] 57/119. Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 2252 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967, 2341 B (XXII) of 19 December 1967 and all subsequent related resolutions, Recalling also Security Council resolutions 237 (1967) of 14 June 1967 and 259 (1968) of 27 September 1968, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted in pursuance of its resolution 56/54 of 10 December 2001, 1 Taking note also of the report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East covering the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002, 2 Concerned about the continuing human suffering resulting from the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities, Taking note of the relevant provisions of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 1993 3 with regard to the modalities for the admission of persons displaced in 1967, and concerned that the process agreed upon has not yet been effected, 1. Reaffirms the right of all persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities to return to their homes or former places of residence in the territories occupied by Israel since 1967; 2. Expresses deep concern that the mechanism agreed upon by the parties in article XII of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 1993 3 on the return of displaced persons has not been effected, and stresses the necessity for an accelerated return of displaced persons; _______________ 1 A/57/338. Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/57/13). 3 A/48/486-S/26560, annex. 2 02 54568