United Nations A/RES/59/122 General Assembly Distr.: General 25 January 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 76 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 2004 [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/59/471)] 59/122. Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories The General Assembly, Recalling its relevant resolutions, including its resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004, Recalling also its resolution ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004, Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, Recalling the Regulations annexed to the Hague Convention IV of 1907, 1 the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 2 and relevant provisions of customary law, including those codified in Additional Protocol I 3 to the four Geneva Conventions, 4 Having considered the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories 5 and the relevant reports of the Secretary-General, 6 Considering that the promotion of respect for the obligations arising from the Charter of the United Nations and other instruments and rules of international law is among the basic purposes and principles of the United Nations, Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice, 7 and also recalling General Assembly resolution ES-10/15, _______________ 1 See Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915). 2 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973. 3 Ibid., vol. 1125, No. 17512. 4 Ibid., vol. 75, Nos. 970–973. 5 See A/59/381. 6 A/59/338, A/59/339, A/59/343, A/59/344 and A/59/345. 7 See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1. 04-48358