A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/51/26 12 December 1996 Fifty-first session Agenda item 35 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/51/L.36 and Add.1)] 51/26. Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine The General Assembly, Recalling its relevant resolutions, Recalling also the relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General1 submitted pursuant to the request made in its resolution 50/84 D of 15 December 1995, 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 of 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, 1 A/51/678-S/1996/953. 96-77569 /...