A/RES/73/19
Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine
Occupied Palestinian Territory, 2 and recalling also its resolutions ES-10/15 of 20 July
2004 and ES-10/17 of 15 December 2006,
Convinced that achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement of the
question of Palestine, the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict, is imperative for the
attainment of comprehensive and lasting peace and stability in the Middle East,
Stressing that the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples is
among the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory
by war,
Reaffirming also the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the
Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 1 2 August 1949, 3 to the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Recalling its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, and reiterating the
importance of maintaining and strengthening international peace founded upon
freedom, equality, justice and respect for fundamental human rights and of developing
friendly relations among nations irrespective of their political, economic and social
systems or the level of their development,
Bearing in mind its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”, in
particular Sustainable Development Goal 16,
Stressing the urgent need for efforts to reverse the negative trends on the ground
and to restore a political horizon for advancing and accelerating meaningful
negotiations aimed at the achievement of a peace agreement that will bring a complet e
end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 and the resolution of all core final
status issues, without exception, leading to a peaceful, just, lasting and
comprehensive solution to the question of Palestine,
Reaffirming the illegality of the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory
occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem,
Expressing grave concern about the extremely detrimental impact of Israeli
settlement policies, decisions and activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including East Jerusalem, including on the contiguity, integrity and viability of the
Territory, the viability of the two-State solution based on the pre-1967 borders and
the efforts to advance a peaceful settlement in the Middle East,
Expressing grave concern also about all acts of violence, intimidation and
provocation by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians, including children, and
properties, including homes, mosques, churches and agricultural lands, condemning
acts of terror by several extremist Israeli settlers, and calling for accountability for
the illegal actions perpetrated in this regard,
Reaffirming the illegality of Israeli actions aimed at changing the status of
Jerusalem, including settlement construction and expansion, home demoli tions,
evictions of Palestinian residents, excavations in and around religious and historic
sites, and all other unilateral measures aimed at altering the character, status and
demographic composition of the city and of the Territory as a whole, and demand ing
their immediate cessation,
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See A/ES-10/273 and A/ES-10/273/Corr.1.
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