Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan
A/RES/76/82
16. Also recalls that the Security Council, in its resolution 2334 (2016), called
upon all States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the
State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967;
17. Calls upon all States, consistent with their obligations under international
law and the relevant resolutions, not to recognize, and not to render aid or assistance
in maintaining, the situation created by measures that are illegal under international
law, including those aimed at advancing annexation in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since
1967;
18. Calls upon the relevant United Nations bodies to take all necessary
measures and actions within their mandates to ensure full respect for and compliance
with Human Rights Council resolution 17/4 of 16 June 2011, 19 concerning the
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 20 and other relevant international
laws and standards, and to ensure the implementation of the United Nations “Protect,
Respect and Remedy” Framework, which provides a global standard for upholding
human rights in relation to business activities that are connected with Israeli
settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;
19. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its
seventy-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;
20. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-seventh session
the item entitled “Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the
Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories”.
49th plenary meeting
9 December 2021
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53),
chap. III, sect. A.
A/HRC/17/31, annex.
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