E/2006/27 E/CN.6/2006/15 the Beijing Platform for Action4 adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women, and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”,5 Recalling also its resolution 2005/43 of 26 July 2005 and other relevant United Nations resolutions, Recalling further the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women6 as it concerns the protection of civilian populations, Recalling the importance of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 57/337 of 3 July 2003, on the prevention of armed conflict, and Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000, on women and peace and security, Expressing the urgent need for the full resumption of negotiations within the Middle East peace process on its agreed basis and towards the speedy achievement of a final settlement between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, Concerned about the grave situation of Palestinian women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, resulting from the severe impact of ongoing illegal Israeli settlement activities and the unlawful construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, as well as the severe consequences arising from Israeli military operations on and sieges of civilian areas, which have impacted detrimentally their social and economic conditions and deepened the humanitarian crisis faced by them and their families, Welcoming the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights7 on the issue of Palestinian pregnant women giving birth at Israeli checkpoints owing to denial of access by Israel to hospitals, with a view to ending this Israeli practice, Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice on the Legal consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory8 and recalling also General Assembly resolution ES10/15 of 20 July 2004, Recalling also the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,9 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights9 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child,10 and affirming that these human rights instruments must be respected in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Expressing its condemnation of all acts of violence, including all acts of terror, provocation, incitement and destruction, especially the excessive use of force __________________ 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. See General Assembly resolutions S-23/2 and S-23/3. See General Assembly resolution 48/104. A/60/324. See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1. General Assembly resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531. 5