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relevant resolutions of the Security Council, are illegal and have no validity and that such measures should
cease immediately;
2. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, cease all practices and actions which violate the
human rights of the Palestinian people;
3. Stresses the need to preserve the territorial integrity of all of the occupied Palestinian territory
and to guarantee the freedom of movement of persons and goods within the Palestinian territory, including
the removal of restrictions on movement into and from East Jerusalem, and the freedom of movement to
and from the outside world;
4. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to accelerate the release of all remaining Palestinians
arbitrarily detained or imprisoned, in line with agreements reached;
5. Calls for complete respect by Israel, the occupying Power, of all fundamental freedoms of the
Palestinian people, pending the extension of the self-government arrangements to the rest of the occupied
territory;
6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on
the implementation of the present resolution.
78th plenary meeting
3 December 1998