E/2011/27 E/CN.6/2011/12 plan of August 2009 for constructing the institutions of an independent Palestinian State; 3. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with the provisions and principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 8 the Regulations annexed to the Hague Convention IV of 1907, 9 the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 10 and all other relevant rules, principles and instruments of international law, including the international covenants on human rights, in order to protect the rights of Palestinian women and their families; Urges the international community to continue to give special attention 4. to the promotion and protection of the human rights of Palestinian women and girls and to intensify its measures to improve the difficult conditions being faced by Palestinian women and their families living under Israeli occupation; Calls upon Israel to facilitate the return of all refugees and displaced 5. Palestinian women and children to their homes and properties, in compliance with the relevant United Nations resolutions; Requests the Commission on the Status of Women to continue to monitor 6. and take action with regard to the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women,2 in particular paragraph 260 concerning Palestinian women and children, the Beijing Platform for Action3 and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”;4 7. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to review the situation, to assist Palestinian women by all available means, including those laid out in the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women,1 and to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-sixth session a report, including information provided by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution. C. Draft decision for adoption by the Council 3. The Commission on the Status of Women recommends to the Council the adoption of the following draft decision: __________________ 8 9 10 11-28654 General Assembly resolution 217 A (III). See Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915). United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973. 13