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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/53/52
3 February 1999
Fifty-third session
Agenda item 83
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/53/597)]
53/52.
University of Jerusalem “Al-Quds” for Palestine refugees
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 36/146 G of 16 December 1981, 37/120 C of 16 December 1982, 38/83 K
of 15 December 1983, 39/99 K of 14 December 1984, 40/165 D and K of 16 December 1985, 41/69 K
of 3 December 1986, 42/69 K of 2 December 1987, 43/57 J of 6 December 1988, 44/47 J of 8 December
1989, 45/73 J of 11 December 1990, 46/46 J of 9 December 1991, 47/69 J of 14 December 1992, 48/40 I
of 10 December 1993, 49/35 G of 9 December 1994, 50/28 G of 6 December 1995, 51/130 of
13 December 1996 and 52/63 of 10 December 1997,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General,1
Having also considered the report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and
Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998,2
1. Emphasizes the need for strengthening the educational system in the Palestinian territory
occupied by Israel since 5 June 1967, including Jerusalem, and specifically the need for the establishment
of the proposed university;
1
A/53/551.
2
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/53/13).
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