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Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General submitted in pursuance of its resolutions
48/40 E,3 48/40 H4 and 48/40 J5 of 10 December 1993 and 49/35 C6 of 9 December 1994,
Recalling Articles 100, 104 and 105 of the Charter of the United Nations and the Convention on the
Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations,7
Affirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons
in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,8 to the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including
Jerusalem,
Aware of the fact that Palestine refugees have, for over five decades, lost their homes, lands and
means of livelihood,
Also aware of the continuing needs of Palestine refugees throughout the Occupied Palestinian
Territory and in the other fields of operation, namely, in Lebanon, Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic,
Further aware of the valuable work done by the refugee affairs officers of the Agency in providing
protection to the Palestinian people, in particular Palestine refugees,
Deeply concerned about the continuing critical financial situation of the Agency and its effect on the
continuity of provision of necessary Agency services to the Palestine refugees, including the emergencyrelated programmes,
Aware of the work of the new Peace Implementation Programme of the Agency,
Recalling the signing in Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993 of the Declaration of Principles
on Interim Self-Government Arrangements by the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine
Liberation Organization,9 and the subsequent implementation agreements, including the Israeli-Palestinian
Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip signed in Washington, D.C., on 28 September
1995,10 as well as the signing of the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum on 4 September 1999,
3
A/49/440.
4
A/49/442.
5
A/49/443.
6
A/50/451.
7
Resolution 22 A (I).
8
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
9
A/48/486-S/26560, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-eighth Year, Supplement
for October, November and December 1993, document S/26560.
10
A/51/889-S/1997/357, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-second Year,
Supplement for April, May and June 1997, document S/1997/357.
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