United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/147 Distr.: General 27 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 21 (c) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/57/L.51 and Add.1)] 57/147. Assistance to the Palestinian people The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 56/111 of 14 December 2001, as well as previous resolutions on the question, Recalling also the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim SelfGovernment Arrangements in Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993, by the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people, 1 and the subsequent implementation agreements concluded by the two sides, Gravely concerned at the deterioration in the living conditions of the Palestinian people throughout the occupied territory, which constitutes a mounting humanitarian crisis, Conscious of the urgent need for improvement in the economic and social infrastructure of the occupied territory, Aware that development is difficult under occupation and is best promoted in circumstances of peace and stability, Noting the great economic and social challenges facing the Palestinian people and their leadership, Conscious of the urgent necessity for international assistance to the Palestinian people, taking into account the Palestinian priorities, Noting the convening of the United Nations seminar on assistance to the Palestinian people, held in Vienna on 20 and 21 February 2001, to review the state of the Palestinian economy, 2 Stressing the need for the full engagement of the United Nations in the process of building Palestinian institutions and in providing broad assistance to the Palestinian people, and welcoming in this regard the establishment by the Quartet of the Task Force on Palestinian Reform, _______________ 1 2 02 54791 A/48/486-S/26560, annex. See A/56/89-E/2001/89, annex.