United Nations General Assembly A/RES/55/55 Distr.: General 25 January 2001 Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 41 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.48 and Add.1)] 55/55. Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine The General Assembly, Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolutions adopted at the tenth emergency special session, Recalling also the relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, Aware that it has been more than fifty years since the adoption of resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947 and thirty-three years since the occupation of Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, in 1967, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General 1 submitted pursuant to the request made in its resolution 54/42 of 1 December 1999, Reaffirming the permanent responsibility of the United Nations with regard to the question of Palestine until the question is resolved in all its aspects, Convinced that achieving a final and peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict, is imperative for the attainment of a comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East, Aware that the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples is among the purposes and principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, Affirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war, Affirming also the illegality of the Israeli settlements in the territory occupied since 1967 and of Israeli actions aimed at changing the status of Jerusalem, Affirming once again the right of all States in the region to live in peace within secure and internationally recognized borders, Recalling the mutual recognition between the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people, and the signing by the two parties of the Declaration of Principles on Interim 1 00 56269 A/55/639-S/2000/1113.