E/2016/27 E/CN.6/2016/22 and the reconstruction process, which is essential for alleviating the distress of Palestinian women and their families; 4. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with the provisions and principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 the Regulations annexed to the Hague Convention IV of 18 October 1907, the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949 11 and all other relevant rules, principles and instruments of international law, including the International Covenants on Human Rights, 6 in order to protect the rights of Palestinian women and their families; 5. Urges the international community to continue to give special attention 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; 6. Calls upon Israel to facilitate the return of all refugees and displaced Palestinian women and children to their homes and properties, in compliance with the relevant United Nations resolutions; 7. Urges the international community to make renewed efforts aimed at advancing and accelerating the conclusion of a peace treaty based on clear parameters and with a defined time frame to attain without delay an end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 b y resolving all outstanding issues, including all core issues, without exception, for a just, lasting and peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in accordance with the internationally recognized basis of the two-State solution, and of the Arab-Israeli conflict as a whole, for the realization of a comprehensive peace in the Middle East; 8. Requests the Commission on the Status of Women to continue to monitor 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 Action 3 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 9. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to review the situation, to assist Palestinian women by all available means, including those laid out in his report, 1 and to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women at its sixty-first session a report, including information provided by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, on the progress made in the implement ation 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: __________________ 10 11 16-05842 General Assembly resolution 217 A (III). United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973. 25/62