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Stressing that Israel, the occupying Power, should comply strictly with
its obligations under international law,
1.
Reaffirms that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of
Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 1/ is applicable to the
occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab
territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
2.
Demands that Israel accept the de jure applicability of the
Convention in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and
other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and that it comply
scrupulously with the provisions of the Convention;
3.
Calls upon all States parties to the Convention, in accordance
with article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions, 8/ to exert all
efforts in order to ensure respect for its provisions by Israel, the occupying
Power, in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other
Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
4.
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-first session on the implementation of the present resolution.
82nd plenary meeting
6 December 1995
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The General Assembly,
Recalling its relevant resolutions and the resolutions of the Commission
on Human Rights,
Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, the
most recent of which is resolution 904 (1994) of 18 March 1994,
Having considered the reports of the Special Committee to Investigate
Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and
Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories 4/ and the reports of the SecretaryGeneral, 5/
Aware of the responsibility of the international community to promote
human rights and ensure respect for international law,
Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of
territory by force,
Reaffirming also the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to
the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 1/ to
the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab
territories occupied by Israel since 1967,
Welcoming the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim SelfGovernment Arrangements, including its Annexes and its Agreed Minutes, by the
Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in
8/
United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970-973.
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