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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/79
22 February 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 89
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/54/576)]
54/79.
Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem
The General Assembly,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including those adopted at its tenth emergency special session, and
the resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights,
Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, the most recent of which are
resolutions 904 (1994) of 18 March 1994 and 1073 (1996) of 28 September 1996,
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 Territories1 and the reports of
the Secretary-General,2
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,
1
A/54/73 and Add.1 and A/54/325.
2
A/54/181-185.
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