A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/51 3 February 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 83 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/53/597)] 53/51. Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 194 (III) of 11 December 1948, 36/146 C of 16 December 1981 and all its subsequent resolutions on the question, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted in pursuance of its resolution 52/62 of 10 December 1997,1 Taking note also of the report of the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine for the period from 1 September 1997 to 31 August 1998,2 Recalling that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights3 and the principles of international law uphold the principle that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his or her property, Recalling in particular its resolution 394 (V) of 14 December 1950, in which it directed the Conciliation Commission, in consultation with the parties concerned, to prescribe measures for the protection of the rights, property and interests of the Palestine Arab refugees, 1 A/53/644. 2 A/53/518 and Corr.1, annex. 3 Resolution 217 A (III). 99-76591 /...