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COMÎISSION ON ROMAN EIGHTS Thirty-eighth session SUMMARY RECORD OF THE

Distr. GENERAL^ E/CN.4/I982/SR.5* 5 F e b r u a r y 1982 O r i g i n a l ; ENGLISH

5 t h MEETING

H e l d a t the P a l a i s des Na"tions, Geneva, on Wednesday, 3 F e b r u a r y 1 9 8 2 , a t 4 * 5 0 p.m. Chairman s . GARVALOV (Bulgaria)

CONTENTS S t a t u s o f documentation Q u e s t i o n o f the v i o l a t i o n o f human r i g h t s i n the o c c u p i e d Arah including Palestine territories,

The r i g h t o f p e o p l e s to s e l f - d e t e r m i n a t i o n and i t s a p p l i c a t i o n to p e o p l e s under c o l o n i a l o r a l i e n d o m i n a t i o n o r f o r e i g n o c c u p a t i o n E x p r e s s i o n o f sympathy i n c o n n e c t i o n Representative of I t a l y w i t h the d e a t h o f the Permanent

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T h i s r e c o r d i s s u b j e c t to c o r r e c t i o n . C o r r e c t i o n s s h o u l d be s u b m i t t e d i n one o f the w o r k i n g languages. They s h o u l d be s e t f o r t h i n a memorand-um a,nd a l s o i n c o r p o r a t e d i n a copy o f the r e c o r d . They s h o u l d be s e n t w i t h i n one week o f the d a t e o f t h i s document to the O f f i c i a l R e c o r d s E d i t i n g S e c t i o n , room E . 6 I O 8 , P a l a i s des N a t i o n s , Geneva, Any c o r r e c t i o n s t o the r e c o r d s o f the meetings of t h i s s e s s i o n w i l l be 9ons"olidated i n a s i n g l e c o r r i g e n d u m , to be i s s u e d s h o r t l y a f t e r the end o f the session.

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The meeting was c a l l e d to order at 4.55 ' P . m . . STATUS OP DOCUI'îEmTIOn 1. At the request^ of the representative, of B r a z i l , Ilr. PACE (Secretary of the Commission) made a statement on the availa.bility i n the i/aridus ivrorlclng) 1& of documents r e l a t i n g to a l l the ag-enda items. QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES, INCLUDING PALESTD^ (agenda item 4 ) (E/CN .4/148I, E/GN.4/1482, E/CN ,4 /1483 and Add.lj
A/56/5O6-S/I4762)

THE RIGirr OF PEOPLES TO SELP-DEISRfflNATION AHD ITS APPLICATION TO PEOPLES Uî©ER COLONIAL OR ALIEN DOffiNATION C S R FOREIGN OCCUPATION (agenda item 9 ) (E/CN .4/1477 and Add.l, E/CN .4/1487, E/CN .4/1490, (E/CN .4/149IJ E/CN .4/1498; E/Cn. 4/1982/5, E/CN. 4/1982/6) 2. The CHAIRI-IAIT announced that agenda items 4 and 9 would he considered together.

3. Mr. van BQVEN (Director, D i v i s i o n of Human Rights), introducing the W o items, r e f e r r e d at length to the relevant resolutions of the Commission and other United Nations bodies c i t e d i n the annotations to the p r o v i s i o n a l ag-enda (E/CN. 4/148 O/Add.l), With regard to Security Council r e s o l u t i o n 497 ( l 9 8 l ) r e l a t i n g to the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, he reminded the Commission that the General Assembly was meeting i n special session to consider the question. Turningto item 9 , he referred to the annotations i n document E/CN.4 /l480 /Add.l l i s t i n g the resolutions concerning the issues covered by tliat item. 4. JMr. MANSOUR (Observer f o r the Palestine Liberation Organization) said that the P a l e s t i n i a n people, deprived of t h e i r most elementary rights,' both c o l l e c t i v e l y and i n d i v i d u a l l y , Jiad an obvious i n t e r e s t i n the establisliment of the rule of lav/ and justice i n international relations. Y/ithin the United Nations, considerable progress had been made towards such a new i^orld order, l a r g e l y through the increasing p a r t i c i p a t i o n . o f the- t h i r d world members, wliich gave i t s consensus declarations a universal v a l i d i t y . But there v m a a widening g u l f betv/een the increasingly detailed resolutions on human r i g h t s that were being adopted and the practice of c e r t a i n States. The Commission, i n p a r t i c u l a r , was faced with the challenge of making i t s basic resolutions operational i n order to preserve the c r e d i b i l i t y of the United Nations and the confidence of the P a l e s t i n i a n people i n i n t e r n a t i o n a l forums. The challenge came from those - i n p a r t i c u l a r , the rulers of I s r a e l and t h e i r supporters - who took advantage of the apparent impotence of the i n t e r n a t i o n a l community, i n order to disregard i t s -expressions o f condemnation. Indeed, I s r a e l i contempt f o r human r i g h t s had assumed alarming proportions over the previous year, as shovm by the examples c i t e d i n the report of the Special Committee to Investigate I s r a e l i P r a c t i c e s ' A f f e c t i n g the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied T e r r i t o r i e s ' ( A / 3 6 / 5 7 9 ) and the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inaliénable Rights of the P a l e s t i n i a n People ( A / 3 6 / 3 5 ) . - -The worst aspect, which boded i l l f o r the future, ?ras the systematic use of repression'as an instrument to b r i n g about a r a d i c a l change i n the Arab character of the occupied t e r r i t o r i e s . 5. The aim of the Z i o n i s t s , v/hether by m i l i t a r y conquest or the use of paramilitary bodies such as the Nahal, was to absorb Palestine and other Arab t e r r i t o r i e s completely. Sometimes settlements were established by force of arms; sometimes the P a l e s t i n i a n population was simply expelled. I s r a e l i v i o l a t i o n s of human r i g h t s should therefore be vievred i n the wider perspective of Zionist aims and the u t t e r negation of the Palestine people.

E/CÎI .4 /1982/SR .5 page 3 6. I r o n i c a l l y , t h a t p o l i c y had r e c e n t l y been complemented under cover o f v/hat had been termed a " p r o c e s s " . I n f a c t , w e l l b e f o r e t h e Camp D a v i d a c c o r d s , t h e Arab S t a t e s as a v/hole had i s s u e d a w a r n i n g a g a i n s t n o t o n l y t h e d e f e c t s i n h e r e n t i n t h a t p r o c e s s b u t a l s o i t s adverse e f f e c t s on t h e r i g h t s o f P a l e s t i n i a n and o t h e r Arab p e o p l e s . A n e u t r a l S i n a i f r o n t l e f t I s r a e l f r e e t o a c t e l s e v i h e r e ; and t h e a c t s p e r p e t r a t e d i n the occupied t e r r i t o r i e s , the d e s t r u c t i o n o f the n u c l e a r r e a c t o r i n Baghdad, r e p e a t e d a g g r e s s i o n a g a i n s t t h e Lebanese and P a l e s t i n i a n peoples, i n Lebanon, and t h e a n n e x a t i o n o f t h e G o l a n H e i g h t s had c o n f i r m e d t h e ?rorst f e a r s . I s r a e l c o u l d w e l l uproot 12 ,000 P a l e s t i r d a n s i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e under t h e p r e t e x t o f f r o n t i e r d e l i m i t a t i o n between Egypt and I s r a e l i o c c u p a t i o n f o r c e s a t E a f a h . Camp Da.vid had p r o v i d e d t h e impetus f o r ^varfare and human r i g h t s v i o l a t i o n s , and the S p e c i a l Committee s h o u l d keep a c l o s e eye on events d u r i n g t h e weeks ahead, 7. I s r a e l c o u l d n o t c a r r y o u t such p o l i c i e s v d t h o u t a c t i v e U n i t e d S t a t e s s u p p o r t . Indeed, .the U n i t e d S t a t e s h a d r e c e n t l y s i g n e d a s t r a t e g i c c o - o p e r a t i o n agreement w i t h Israel. Those vfho s a i d t h a t s a n c t i o n s o r f o r m a l o p p o s i t i o n xTOuld f o r c e I s r a e l i n t o g r e a t e r extremism s h o u l d r e c a l l t h a t , as h i s t o r y had shovm, appeasement made m a t t e r s worse; t h e Munich agreement, f o r example, had l e d o n l y t o f u r t h e r a g g r e s s i o n . I s r a e l ' s M i r d s t e r o f Defence had s t a t e d , a c c o r d i n g t o a n a r t i c l e i n M a a r i v dated 18 December 1 9 Q l j t h a t I s r a e l ' s s t r a t e g i c i n t e r e s t s s h o u l d encompass t w o a r e a s , one e n c i r c l i n g thé Arab, c o u n t r i e s and t h e o t h e r e x t e n d i n g t o Turkey, I r a n , P a k i s t a n , the P e r s i a n G u l f and t h e ...tates o f n o r t h and c e n t r a l A f r i c a , That a s m a l l S t a t e l i k e I s r a e l , ?;hose v i o l a t i o n s o f t h e p r i n c i p l e s o f l a w h a d r e p e a t e d l y been.condemned b y t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l community, c o u l d c o n c e i v e such huge m i l i t a r y and p o l i t i c a l d e s i g n s was due t o t h e m i l i t a r y and m o r a l support i t r e c e i v e d from t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s and t h e p o l i c y o f appeasement adopted b y some European c o u n t r i e s . 8. The P a l e s t i n i a n s ' homeland was b e i n g n o t o n l y d e s p o i l e d b u t used as a s p r i n g b o a r d f o r a s s a u l t s on t h e independence o f Arab a,nd o t h e r p e o p l e s elsewhere i n t h e r e g i o n . The P a l e s t i n i a n p e o p l e ' s r i g h t s had been r e p e a t e d l y u p h e l d i n U n i t e d N a t i o n s resolutions. The s t r u g g l e t o defend those r i g h t s w a s a t one v/ith t h e a n t i - c o l o n i a l s t r u g g l e b e i n g v/aged b y t h e p e o p l e s o f s o u t h e r n A f r i c a , w i t h whom t h e P a l e s t i n i a n s were p r o u d t o be a s s o c i a t e d . 9. I t v/as up t o t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l community t o h e l p a v e r t t h e t h r e a t s he had r e f e r r e d t o ; and i t v;as up t o c e r t a i n Member S t a t e s t o demonstrate t h a t m i l i t a r y might was n o t t h e s o l e d e t e r m i n i n g f a c t o r i n i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e l a t i o n s . Otherwise, the P a l e s t i n i a n and o t h e r Arab p e o p l e s , and p e o p l e s elsewhere i n t h e t l i i r d w o r l d , T/ould be f o r c e d t o conclude t h a t t h e y c o u l d r e c o v e r t h e i r r i g i i t s o n l y b y d e v e l o p i n g t h e i r own p o t e n t i a l , whatever t h e c o s t . B u t v/hile p u r s u i n g i t s s t r u g g l e , h i s o r g a n i z a t i o n would c o n t i n u e t o a p p e a l t o t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l .community. 10. Mr. DAPUDY ( S y r i a n Arab R e p u b l i c ) c o n g r a t u l a t e d , Pérez de C u e l l a r on h i s appointment as S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l o f t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s , and p a i d t r i b u t e t o t h e s e r v i c e r e n d e r e d b y l i e , Waldheim i n t h a t p o s t , 11. The s i t u a t i o n i n t h e I s r a e l i - o c c u p i e d t e r r i t o r i e s was growing worse. The o c c u p a t i o n o f t h e S y r i a n G o l a n H e i g h t s , i n fla,grant v i o l a t i o n o f t h e C h a r t e r , w a s the l a t e s t i n a s e r i e s o f measures t a k e n i n d e f i a n c e o f t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l community. As n o t e d b y t h e S p e c i a l Committee i n paragraph 4OI o f i t s r e p o r t (A /36/579) > t h e c i v i l i a n p o p u l a t i o n o f t h e o c c u p i e d t e r r i t o r i e s were d e n i e d even t h e i r most b a s i c r i g h t s , I s r a e l ' s a c t i o n s had been condemned many t i m e s b y t h e Commission, t h e S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l and t h e G e n e r a l Assembly, as v r e l l as b y s p e c i a l i z e d a g e n c i e s and independent b o d i e s concerned vàth human r i g h t s . The condemnations o f I s r a e l f o r v i o l a t i n g human r i g h t s

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i n the o c c u p i e d Arab t e r r i t o r i e s , r e f u s i n g t o a p p l y the Geneva C o n v e n t i o n r e l a t i v e t o the P r o t e c t i o n o f C i v i l i a n P e r s o n s i n Time o f War, c o m m i t t i n g v/ar c r i m e s i n those t e r r i t o r i e s , c a r r y i n g out l a r g e - s c a l e ' a r r e s t s and d e p o r t a t i o n s , d e s t r o y i n g homes, p i l l a g i n g - a r c h a e o l o g i c a l s i t e s , i l l e g a l l y e x p l o i t i n g n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e s - a l l those condemnations showed how u t t e r l y I s r a e l had i s o l a t e d i t s e l f from the i n t e r n a t i o n a J community. 12. I n December I 9 O I the I&iesset h a d : v o t e d t o s u b j e c t an e n t i r e r e g i o n t o I s r a e l i law and j u r i s d i c t i o n . However, tlie i n h a b i t a n t s o f the S^rrian G o l a n H e i g h t s had r e f u s e d t o exchange t h e i r S y r i a n i d e n t i t y c a r d s . Tho Z i o n i s t a u t h o r i t i e s , not c o n t e n t . w i t h t u r n i n g more t h a n 200,000 S y r i a n c i t i z e n s i n t o r e f u g e e s , had c y n i c a l l y d e c l a r e d the r e g i o n t o be I s r a . e l i t e r r i t o r y . 13.. The comparison o f the f a t e o f the P a l e s t i n i a n people a t the hands o f the Z i o n i s t a u t h o r i t i e s T i l t h t h a t of the Csech p e o p l e i n the Sudeten r e g i o n annexed by H i t l e r b e f o r e the Second T i o r l d War vias v e r y r e l e v a n t . I n b o t h cases a n n e x a t i o n had been · j u s t i f i e d by a l l e g e d s e c u r i t y needs and s p u r i o u s e t h n i c and h i s t o r i c a l grounds. 14. A l t h o u g h ' t h e S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l had adopted a r e s o l u t i o n on 17 December I 9 O I d e c l a r i n g the I s r a e l i a n n e x a t i o n o f the G o l a n H e i g h t s n u l l and v o i d , the demand f o r s a n c t i o n s had been b l o c k e d by the U n i t e d S t a t e s v e t o , . o n l y s e r v e d t o encourage such a g g r e s s i o n . I s r a e l i a g g r e s s i o n s u p p o r t e d by the "United S t a t e s c o n s t i t u t e d a grave danger, not o n l y f o r S y r i a but a l s o f o r i n t e r n a t i o n a . l peace, and i t v/as t o be f e a r e d t h a t I s r a e l i - U n i t e d S t a t e s c o l l u s i o n vrould c o n s t i t u t e a dangerous p r e c e d e n t t h r e a t e n i n g the independence and t e r r i t o r i a l i n t e g r i t y o f o t h e r c o u n t r i e s , · I t was. even more i r o n i c t o h e a r the v e r y c o u n t r i e s t h a t c o n n i v e d a t I s r a e l i a g g r e s s i o n speak: o f the need t o r e s p e c t human r i g h t s and the p r i n c i p l e s o f the U n i t e d N a t i o n s Charter. I s r a e l , t h r o u g h i t s r e p e a t e d v i o l a t i o n s o f the C h a r t e r and the U n i v e r s a l D e c l a r a t i o n o f Human R i g h t s , had f u r n i s h e d ample p r o o f t h a t i t d i d not deserve t o r e m a i n a Member o f the U n i t e d Hâtions and i t vrould be i n the i n t e r e s t s o f the i n t e r n a t i o n a l community t o e x p e l i t . I s r a e l ' s d e f i a n t b e h a v i o u r , s u p p o r t e d by the U n i t e d S t a t e s , undermined the a u t h o r i t y and v e r y e x i s t e n c e o f tho U n i t e d Hâtions, v/hich must defend the, hopes t h a t the p e o p l e s o f the w o r l d had p l a x e d i n i t . 15. How was a s m a l l c o u n t r y l i k e I s r a e l a b l e t o m a i n t a i n a p o l i c y o f a g g r e s s i o n , . e x p u l s i o n and d e m o l i t i o n , and t o f l o u t internr,tion<."i 1 ; : ; , 7 and a u t h o x i t y ? I t vms · perhaps because v a r i o u s W e s t e r n c o u n t r i e s f e l t g u i l t y about the enormous s u f f e r i n g i n f l i c t e d on the Jovrish p e o p l e d u r i n g the Second World Vfer. That s u f f e r i n g was u n d e n i a b l e and y e t i t was u n j u s t t o malee the P a l e s t i n i a n people pay f o r the c r i m e s o f European a n t i - s e m i t i s m , Yiihy had the B r i t i s h Government d e c i d e d t o i s s u e the B a l f o u r D e c l a r a t i o n o f 191? > w h i c h promised a l a n d t h a t d i d not b e l o n g t o i t t o p e o p l e who had never been i n P a l e s t i n e ? . That D e c l a r a t i o n had l e d t o an . a n t i P a l e s t i n i a n and a n t i - A r a b v;ar'which had begun v/hen B r i t i s h t r o o p s had entered-.. . . P a l e s t i n e and c o n t i n u e d t o the p r e s e n t day, now w i t h U n i t e d S t a t e s s u p p o r t . I t could even be s a i d t h a t the e n t i r e w o r l d was p a y i n g the p r i c e f o r u n c o n d i t i o n a l support by the U n i t e d S t a t e s f o r I s r a e l . Hot o n l y was the moribund I s r a e l i economy b e i n g propped up by b i l l i o n s o f d o l l a r s i n i n v e s t m e n t s but I s r a e l had been t r a n s f o r m e d i n t o an advance. U n i t e d S t a t e s base i n the M i d d l e E a s t , The P a l e s t i n i a n p e o p l e , i n i t s ' s t r u g g l e .to reg-ain i t s r i g h t s t o d i g n i t y and s e l f - d e t e r m i n a t i o n , v/as: c o n f r o n t e d not o n l y vàt.h the f a n a t i c i s m o f B e g i n and company, b u t a l s o v i t h the s t r e n g t h of the U n i t e d S t a t e s , which b l o c k e d the r o a d t o freedom and armed the I s r a e l i e x e c u t i o n e r s .

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The U n i t e d N a t i o n s had f u r n i s h e d i r r e f u t ^ . l a l e p r o o f of the f a c t t h a t I s r a e l s y s t e m a t i c a l l y v i o l a t e d huraan r i g h t s i n the o c c u p i e d t e r r i t o r i e s , and y e t the U n i t e d o t a t e s c o n t i n u e d to deny t h a t f a c t . D i d not the P a l e s t i n i a n p e o p l e have the same i"ight a s a l l o t h e r p e o p l e s t o l i v e i n i t s homeland and he independent? The s t a n d a r d I s r a e l i r e p l y , endorsed  the U n i t e d S t a t e s , was; the P a l e s t i n i a n p e o p l e d i d not e x i s t . I t v;as i r o n i c , a l t h o u g h perhaps not s u r p r i s i n g , t h a t the former l e a d e r s o f jG \'ish t e r r o r i s t o r g a n i z a t i o n s under the B r i t i s h mandate were now the l e a d e r s of the I s r a e l i Government and sought to brand the P a l e s t i n e - . L i b e r a t i o n O r g a n i z a t i o n as an o r g a n i z a t i o n of mui'derers and t e r r o r i s t s . Those s a n e I s r a e l i l e t i d e r s v;ere...nov; soviing death and d e s o l a t i o n i n P a l e s t i n e r e f u g e e camps i n southern Lebanon a^nd even i n the h e a r t of B e i r u t . 17. He d i d not v i i s h t o i m p l y t h a t a l l Jevjs i n I s r a e l and elsev /here supported the huEian r i g h t s v i o l a t i o n s coniuitted a g a i n s t the A r a b m i n o r i t y i n I s r a e l and the occupied t e r r i t o r i e s . Courageous men such as P r o f e s s o r Iloshe Menuhin, P r o f e s s o r I s h a k Shahag and a number of lav /yers had spoken out a g a i n s t the I s r a e l i treatment o f A r a b s i n the o c c u p i e d t e r r i t o r i e s and. the a n n e x a t i o n o f the G o l a n H e i g h t s , and had t r i e d t o p r o v i d e l e g a l defence f o r P a l e s t i n i a n d e t a i n e e s . ' U n f o r t u n a t e l y , those fe\j courcLgeous v o i c e s were l o s t amid the mass of s y s t e m a t i c v i o l a t i o n s o f human r i g h t s and m i l i t a r i s t a m b i t i o n s of the I s r a e l i Government. 18. The I l i d d l e E a s t \.'as unfortuna:.tely an a r e a coveted by the U n i t e d S t a t e s i m p e r i a l i s t s f o r i t s n a t u r a l i-esourceo and i t s s t r a . t e g i c p o s i t i o n . Uhen A r a b d e l e g a t e s had sought to c o n v i n c e o t h e r s i n the 1 9 5 0 s and I9ÓO0 t h a t I s r a e l was not s i m p l y a s m a l l e n c l a v e o f i-efugees from, the N a s i e x t e r m i n a t i o n camps but an advanced base of U n i t e d S t a t e s i m p e r . i a l i s m , no one had b e l i e v e d them, N 0 1 7 , however, a f t e r the many v/ars of a g g r e s s i o n launched by I s i - a e l w i t h U n i t e d S t a t e s s u p p o r t , the t r u e n a t u r e of t h a t S t a t e was c l e a r to everyone. There c o u l d be no v a l i d excuse f o r United. S t a t e s support of 'the I s r a e l i a g g r e s s o r o r f o r i t s e f f o r t s to p r e v e n t the i n t e r n a t i o n a l community from demanding the a p p l i c a t i o n of the measures provid.ed f o i " under the U n i t e d N a t i o n s C h a r t e r . V/hat lias the purpose of the C h a r t e r , i n t e r n a t i o n a l l a \ ; and the e n t i r e s t r u c t u r e c r e a t e d s i n c e the Second I'/orld War i f i t v.'ac not to p r e v e n t the r e p e t i t i o n o f t h e a g g r e s s i o n launched by the A x i s p o l l e r s .in d e f i a n c e o f the League of N a t i o n s i n the 1 9 3 0 s ? 19. The I s r a e l i message to the p e o p l e s of the Midd.le E a s t v;as t h a t they must choose between ser^/itude o r d e s t r u c t i o n . A tra^gic t e s t i m o n y to t h a t c h o i c e c o u l d be seen i n the b r u t a l a n n i h i l a t i o n of the e n t i r e tovm of Kuneitra. d u r i n g the I s r a i C l i w i t h d r a v i a l i n October 1973I s r a e l and i t s f r i e n d s re\;arded those \/ho supported them but p i t i l e s s l y a t t a c k e d anyone who showed an independient o r c r i t i c a l stance v i s - o . - v i s the Z i o n i s t s . That could be seen i n the f a t e o f foriiier ambassador Andrew Young, \iho had been d i s m i s s e d from h i s p o s t as Permanent Eepresen'tative o f the U n i t e d S t a t e s t o the U n i t e d N a t i o n s because he had dared t o meet a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f the P a l e s t i n e L i b e r a t i o n Organiza.tion d u r i n g a d i n n e r a t the home of an A r a b ambassador. How c o u l d one U n i t e d S t a t e s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n a f t e i a n o t h e r c o n t i n u e to j u s t i f y i t s support f o r I s r a e l , thus e n c o u r a g i n g I s r a e l i aggression?  could the U n i t e d S t a t e s c o n t i n u e to oppose the P a l e s t i n i a n p e o p l e i n i t s e f f o r t s to e n j o y . L i k e a l l p e o p l e s of the e a r t h , freedom and independence, so g r e a t l y m e r i t e d a f t e r i t s h e r o i c s a c r i f i c e s ? 20. The i n t e r n a t i o n a l community must put an end to I s r a e l i d e f i a n c e and take measures to f o r c e I s r a e l to n u l l i f j r i t s annejcation of the Golan H e i g h t s . E v e r y t h i n g must be done to ensure r e s p e c t f o r human r i g h t s i n t h e o c c u p i e d A r a b territories. The A r a b s had r e p e a t e d l y t e s t i f i e d to t h e i r v.-illingness to work f o r

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a j u s t and l a s t i n r ^ peace i n t h e K i d d l e Ea.st i n a c c o r d a n c e u i t h t h e g u i d e l i n e s l a i d do\/n  t h e U n i t e d ITations, namely, e v a c u a t i o n b y I s r a e l o f t i l l the t e r r i t o r i e s i t o c c u p i e d , i n c l u d i n g J e r u s a l e m and t h e Golan H e i g h t s , and r e c o g n i t i o n o f the r i g h t o f t h e P a l e s t i n i a n p e o p l e t o s e l f - d e t e r m i n a t i o n and t o e s t a b l i s h i t s o\m independent S t a t e i n P a l e s t i n e under t h e l e a d e r s h i p of. t h e Palestine L i b e r a t i o n Organization. 21. I-'ir. ZAUALOroa. ( P o l a n d ) s a i d t h a t t h e dangerous t r e n d i n the development o f the s i t u a t i o n i n t h e M i d d l e E a s t had g r a v e i m p l i c a t i o n s f o r i n t e r n a t i o n a l peace and s e c u r i t y . The a g g r e s s i v e a c t s o f I s r a e l i n c l u d e d , i n t e r a l i a , b r u t a l i n t e r f e r e n c e i n the i n t e r n a l a f f a i r s o f Iiebanon, a t t a c k s a g a i n s t i t s p o p u l a t i o n and p r o v o c a t i o n s a g a i n s t S y r i a , i n p a r t i c u l a r the r e c e n t measures t a k e n by t h e I s r a e l i a u t h o r i t i e s aimed a t a l t e r i n g the c h a r a c t e r and sta.tus o f t h e S y r i a n Golan Heights. P o l a n d s t r o n g l y condemned a l l forms o f I s r a e l i a g g r e s s i o n a g a i n s t the A r a b c o u n t r i e s . I s r a . e l ' 3 a d v e n t u r i s t p o l i c y had made i t i m p o s s i b l e t o f i n d a l a s t i n g and j u s t s o l u t i o n to t h e M i d d l e E a s t c r i s i s . 22. A l l the peace e f f o r t s made s i n c e t h e 1 9 7 5 W ' ^ ' i " had been o f no a v a i l , owing to t h e t o t a l n e g a t i o n and n e g l e c t o f t h e problem t h a t l a y a t t h e heax-t o f t h e Middle East c o n f l i c t . The f i r s t c o n d i t i o n f o r peace v.'as t h e complete \;ithdrav.'al of I s r a e l i f o r c e s fx'om a l l t h e occupied A r a b t e r r i t o r i e s , i n c l u d i n g A r a b J e r u s a l e m ; the second \;as t h e achievement o f a j u s t s o l u t i o n o f t h e problem o f P a l e s t i n e t h r o u g h t h e r e a l i z a t i o n o f t h e i n a l i e n a b l e r i g h t s o f the P a l e s t i n i a n  )1. L a s t i n g peace i n t h e r e g i o n r e q u i r e d a comprehensive, u n i v e r s a l and r e a l i s t i c s e t t l e m e n t worked o u t through n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h a l l i n t e r e s t e d A r a b S t a t e s and the P a l e s t i n e L i b e r a t i o n O r g a n i za t i on. 25. Mr. SIvALLI (Morocco) s a i d t h e tenso s i t u a t i o n i n t h e M i d d l e E a s t c o n t i n u e d t o c o n s t i t u t e . a dangerous t h r e a t t o i n t e r n a t i o n a l peace and s e c u r i t y . The d e n i a l of t h e P a l e s t i n i a n p e o p l e ' s f i g h t t o s e l f - d e t e r m i n a t i o n and i n d e p e n d e n c e t h e c o n t i n u e d o c c u p a t i o n o f A r a b l a n d s , the c o n s t a n t x-epression a g a i n s t A r a b p e o p l e s and r e p e a t e d a c t s o f a g g r e s s i o n a g a i n s t . S t a t e s i n t h e r e g i o n \.'ore a l l p a r t o f a p o l i c y .pursued-by t h e Z i o n i s t e n t i t y i n f l a g r a n t d i s r e g a r d o f j u s t i c e , m o r a l i t y and la\.'. The s i t u a t i o n had f u r t h e r d e t e r i o r a t e d s i n c e t h e d e c i s i o n by I s r a e l t o annex t h e G o l a n H e i g h t s , an a c t i o n w h i c h c l e a r l y sho\;ed the e : q D a n s i o n i s t n a t u r e of t h e Z i o n i s t e n t i t y . 24. To c a r r y out t h e Z i o n i s t p r o j e c t o f " G r e a t e r I s r a e l " , t h e I s r a e l i Government v i o l a t e d a l l r u l e s o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l 1 i f t h e y c o n s t i t u t e d an o b s t a c l e t o i t s plans. The a n n e x a t i o n o f the G o l a n H e i g h t s c o n s t i t u t e d a f l a g r a n t a c t o f a g g r e s s i o n a g a i n s t a s o v e r e i g n S t a t e and a c h a l l e n g e to the i n t e r n a t i o n a l community as a whole. I t v i o l a t e d t h e system on v;hich i n t e r n a . t i o n a l r e l a t i o n s v/as based, i n p a r t i c u l a r t h e r u l e s p r o h i b i t i n g the a c q u i s i t i o n o f l a n d by f o r c e . As soon a s the I s r a e l i d e c i s i o n had been announced, h i s c o u n t r y had s t r o n g l y condemned i t and s t i l t e d t h a t i t c o n s t i t u t e d f u r t h e r p r o o f o f I s r a e l ' s r e f u s a l t o seek a j u s t peace i n t h e r e g i o n and o f i t s e x p a n s i o n i s t d e s i g n s on t h o A r a b n a t i o n . 25. I n i t s r e s o l u t i o n adopted unanimously on 1 7 December 1981s t h e S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l had d e c i d e d t h a t the d e c i s i o n by I s r a e " t o impose i t s l¿iws, j u r i s d i c t i o n and a d m i n i s t r a t i o n i n t h e o c c u p i e d S y r i a n G o l a n H e i g h t s \/as n u l l and v o i d and w i t h o u t i n t e r n a t i o n a l l e g a l e f f e c t , and i t had demanded t h a t I s r a e l should r e s c i n d i t s d e c i s i o n . A s - u s u a l , t h e I s r a e l i Government r e f u s e d t o comply.with t h e S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l r e s o l u t i o n . I t \;as t h e r e f o r e e s s e n t i a l f o r t h e i n t e r i x i t i o n a l community t o a s s u m e i t s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y by p r o c e e d i n g beyond the stage o f . v e r b a l condemnation and d e c i d i n g t o impose s a n c t i o n s on I s r a e l . Only such s a n c t i o n s would i n d u c e the Z i o n i s t a u t h o r i t i e s t o m o d i f y t h e i r p o s i t i o n . I n d e e d , e x p e r i e n c e had a h o i m t h a t t h o s e a u t h o r i t i e s took l i t t l e n o t i c o o f condemnations and c o n t i n u e d t o a p p l y t h e i r e x p a n s i o n i s t p o l i c y t o t h e d e t r i m e n t o f the sovereign States o f the region.

E/CN .4/1982 /SR .5 page 7 26. I t was q u i t e c l e a r t h a t , u n l e s s p r a c t i c a l measures were t a k e n , the p o l i c y o f e s t a b l i s h i n g s e t t l e m e n t s would c o n t i n u e and even be extended t o the West Bank and Gaza. The Z i o n i s t l e a d e r s d i d not c o n c e a l t h e i r i n t e n t i o n s i n t h a t r e g a r d , as had been made c l e a r by the I s r a e l i P r i m e M n i s t e r i n p r e s e n t i n g h i s programme t o the Knesset. 27. F o r more than 34 y e a r s , the p e o p l e o f P a l e s t i n e had been d e p r i v e d o f i t s f-undamental r i g h t s . E v e r y y e a r , on the o c c a s i o n o f the c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f the p r e s e n t i t e m , the I s r a e l i a u t h o r i t i e s adopted an i n c r e a s i n g l y i n t r a n s i g e n t a t t i t u d e . Yet the i n t e r n a t i o n a l community u n a n i m o u s l y r e c o g n i z e d t h a t the b a s i s f o r the e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f genuine peace i n the M i d d l e E a s t was the r e c o g n i t i o n of the l e g i t i m a t e r i g h t s o f the P a l e s t i n i a n p e o p l e . Hovrever, the p o l i c y p u r s u e d by. the I s r a e l i Government, w h i c h c o n s i s t e d o f the s y s t e m a t i c c o l o n i z a t i o n o f Arab t e r r i t o r i e s and the c o n s t a n t use o f r e p r e s s i v e measures, c l e a r l y demonstrated t h a t Government's p o s i t i o n . D u r i n g the p a s t y e a r , new s e t t l e m e n t s had been s e t up and e x i s t i n g ones had been expanded. A c c o r d i n g to the r e p o r t o f the S p e c i a l Committee t o I n v e s t i g a t e I s r a e l i P r a c t i c e s A f f e c t i n g the Human E i g h t s o f the P o p u l a t i o n o f the Occupied T e r r i t o r i e s , d u r i n g the p e r i o d 21 J u l y 1 9 S O t o 3 I A u g u s t I 9 8 I , . s o m e 40 s e t t l e m e n t s had been e s t a b l i s h e d , i n a u g u r a t e d o r been i n the p r o c e s s o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t . I t s h o u l d a l s o be noted t h a t s i n c e the o c c u p a t i o n o f J e r u s a l e m i n 1967 over 8 6 , 0 0 0 Jews had s e t t l e d t h e r e . That p o l i c y was i n f l a g r a n t c o n t r a d i c t i o n w i t h the p r o v i s i o n s o f the F o u r t h Geneva Convention o f 1949? i n p a r t i c u l a r a r t i c l e 49> w h i c h 81 p r o h i b i t e d the t r a n s f e r o f p a r t s o f the p o p u l a t i o n o f the o c c u p y i n g Power i n t o the t e r r i t o r y w h i c h t h a t Power c o n t r o l l e d . 28. R e f e r r i n g t o the h u m i l i a t i n g and v i o l e n t c o n d i t i o n s i n w h i c h the s e t t l e m e n t s were e s t a b l i s h e d he s a i d t h a t p r i v a t e armed m i l i t i a s , a c t i n g i n connivance w i t h the I s r a e l i a u t h o r i t i e s , t e r r o r i z e d the ./rab p o p u l a t i o n s and drove them from t h e i r l a n d s . Groups such as "Gush Emunim" and "Kach" had become n o t o r i o u s f o r t h a t type o f o p e r a t i o n . . I s r a e l , a "South A f r i c a o f the M i d d l e E a s t " , deserved the f r i e n d s h i p , s u p p o r t and s o l i d a r i t y o f i t s c o u n t e r p a r t i n A f r i c a s i n c e they b o t h pursued the same g o a l by p r a c t i s i n g the same p o l i c y . 29. E e p r e s s i o n by the I s r a e l i a u t h o r i t i e s i n the o c c u p i e d t e r r i t o r i e s t o o k the form o f the d y n a m i t i n g o f homes and c u r f e w s , w h i c h sometimes l a s t e d f o r s e v e r a l days and p r o v i d e d the I s r a e l i army w i t h an o p p o r t u n i t y t o c a r r y out a l l s o r t s o f i l l e g a l a c t s a g a i n s t the Arab p o p u l a t i o n s . E d u c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n s had not been s p a r e d by the r e p r e s s i o n , and s e v e r a l s c h o o l s and u n i v e r s i t i e s had been c l o s e d d u r i n g the p a s t y e a r . Moreover, severe r e s t r i c t i o n s had been imposed on freedom o f movement, a f f e c t i n g a l l persons i n the o c c u p i e d t e r r i t o r i e s . However, those d e s p i c a b l e p r a c t i c e s were o f no a v a i l a g a i n s t the d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f the h e r o i c p e o p l e o f P a l e s t i n e t o i n t e n s i f y i t s f i g h t t o put an end t o i n j u s t i c e and r e c o v e r i t s . f u l l r i g h t s . 30. The s i t u a t i o n o f Arab d e t a i n e e s gave cause f o r s e r i o u s c o n c e r n . A c c o r d i n g t o the r e p o r t o f the S p e c i a l Committee, 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 persons had been i m p r i s o n e d f o r p o l i t i c a l reasons s i n c e the b e g i n n i n g o f the o c c u p a t i o n , i . e . n e a r l y 20 p e r cent o f the t o t a l p o p u l a t i o n o f the A r a b t e r r i t o r i e s . E v i d e n c e from v a r i o u s s o u r c e s t e s t i f i e d t o the f a c t . t h a t the d e t a i n e e s vrere s u b j e c t e d t o c r u e l and inhuman t r e a t m e n t . I n a statement p u b l i s h e d i n the newspaper J e r u s a l e m P o s t on 5 I May. I 9 8 I , the former D i r e c t o r o f the P r i s o n A d m i n i s t r a t i o n had s a i d t h a t h i s s u c c e s s o r would have t o work i n i m p o s s i b l e c o n d i t i o n s because o f the I s r a e l i Government's complete l a c k o f i n t e r e s t i n the matter of p r i s o n s .

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31. D e s p i t e the condemna.tion by the i n t e r n a t i o n a l community o f i t s a.nnexa,tion . o f J e r u s a l e m , the I s r a e l i Government c o n t i n u e d t o d e f y the f e e l i n g s of hundreds o f m i l l i o n s of Moslems by p u r s u i n g i t s p o l i c y o f J u d a i z a t i o n of the H o l y C i t y . The H o l y Pla.ces o f I s l a m were pa.rticiiLa.rly a f f e c t e d by t h a t p o l i c y and, under the p r e t e x t o f s e a r c h i n g f o r a n i l l u s o r y p a s t , e x c a v a t i o n s were c o n t i n u i n g under A l Haram  1 S h e r i f , w h i c h wa.s t h r e a t e n e d w i t h c o l l a p s e . The measures taJcen t o a l t e r t h e chara.cter of the H o l y C i t y ha.d i n e v i t a b l y g i v e n r i s e t o g r e a t c o n c e r n among'the Moslem community of the e n t i r e , w o r l d . The l s l a . m i c c o n f e r e n c e ha.d r e a c t e d a;ga.inst those mea.sures by e s t a . b l i s h i n g a. s p e c i a l committee t o defend, the s p i r i t u a l C i t y . o f the t h r e e m o n o t h e i s t i c r e l i g i o n s a n d h a d e n t r u s t e d the . c h a i r m a n s h i p of t h e committee t o K i n g Hassan I I . Under the K i n g ' s l e a d e r s h i p , the committee ha.d a l r e a d y carri'ed out s e v e r a l i n f o r m a t i o n ca.mpaigns and made c o n t a c t s w h i c h h a d a .lerted w o r l d p u b l i c o p i n i o n t o the r e a l danger, w h i c h I s r a e l i p o l i c y vis-à-vis Jerusa.lem a.nd the o c c u p i e d Ara.b t e r r i t o r i e s c o n s t i t u t e d f o r the . h o l y pla.ces a.nd f o r pea.ce. ..... 32. I n the pa.st yea.r, t h e r e h a d been certa,in developments w h i c h might prove d e c i s i v e f o r the q u e s t i o n of P a l e s t i n e and the c r i s i s i n the M i d d l e E a s t . . The Sa.udi A r a b i a n i n i t i a . t i v e wa.s a.n e s s e n t i a l element' i n those developments a.nd demonstrated the w i l l o f the Ara.b c o u n t r i e s to spa.re no e f f o r t t o a .chieve pea.ce i n the MLddle E a s t . The ûa.udi Ara,bia.n pla,n was t o ha.ve been examined a .t'the ·.twelfth Summit Conference of Ara.b C h i e f s o f S t a t e s , h e l d i n Morocco i n November 1 9 ^ 1 , but i n view o f i t s importa .nGe a.nd p o s s i b l e r e p e r c u s e i o n s , i t ha.d been d e c i d e d t o . . , postpone substa.ntive c o n s i d e r a t i o n u n t i l the second phase of the Conference. The pla.n ha.d the m e r i t o f o f f e r i n g a.n o v e r a l l a.pproa.ch t o the p r o b l e m of the M i d d l e Ea .st, Tjnlike p r e v i o u s i n i t i a . t i v e s , i n pa.rticula.r the sepa.ra.te Camp Da.vid a c c o r d s . 3 3 . · E x p e r i e n c e had shown t h a t those a c c o r d s c o u l d not c o n s t i t u t e a b a s i s ' f o r a. globa.l s e t t l e m e n t s i n c e t h e y i g n o r e d an e s s e n t i a . l element i n the c o n f l i c t , namely,, the P a . l e s t i n i a n people and i t s fundamental r i g h t s . The form^ula. o f a .dministra;tiye self-government p r o v i d e d f o r by the a .ccords, wa.s i n r e a . l i t y o n l y . a mea.ns of ena.bling I s r a e l t o perpetua.te i t s o c c u p a t i o n of the Ara.b t e r r i t o r i e s . I t c o u l d not b e . o t h e r w i s e i n view o f the f r e q u e n t statements made by the c u r r e n t I s r a . e l i lea.dèrs tha.t self-government a .pplied o n l y t o persons a.nd not t o the t e r r i t o r y a.nd t h a t i n no ca.se c o u l d i t r e s u l t i n the esta.blishment o f a Pa.lestinia.n Sta.te. .34. A s e r i e s o f l a r g e -- s c a . l e a c t s . o f a .ggression . I 9 8 I a.g'alnst the A r a b popula.tion a.nd c i v i l i a n ta.rgets. I n tha.t c o n n e c t i o n , he r e f e r r e d t o the r a i d s a .gainst Pa.lestinia.n r e f u g e e camps, w h i c h had r e s u l t e d i n the dea.ths of e l d e r l y p e r s o n s , women a.nd c h i l d r e n , a.nd g i v e n r i s e t o i n d i g n a t i o n and condemnation by the e n t i r e i n t e m a . t i o n a . l community. Under the p r e t e x t of s e c u r i t y , the I s r a . e l i Government ha.d committed .othe-r a,cts of a .ggression, such a.s the a.tta.ck a.ga.inst the I r a q i nuclea.r r e s e a r c h c e n t r e a t Ta.muz. Tha.t c r i m i n a l a c t demonstrated the e f f o r t s b e i n g made by I s r a e l t o p r e v e n t a Sta,te from e x e r c i s i n g i t s s o v e r e i g n r i g h t t o a c q u i r e a.nd develop n u c l e a r t e c h n o l o g y f o r pea.ceful purposes. Moreover, I s r a e l c o n t i n u e d t o viola.te the a . i r spa.ce o f n e i g h b o u r i n g Sta.te s. Thus, w h i l e the Ara.bs were s e e k i n g wa.ys t o b r i n g a.bout pea.ce, the Z i o n i s t .State wa.s wa.ging a.n a . l l - o u t wa.r aga.inst the Ara.b Sta.te s, Tha.t showed c l e a . r l y t h a t the c u r r e n t lea.de r s of Isra.el d i d not d e s i r e . a.nd were not s e e k i n g wa.ys t o a .chieve i t . On the contra.ry, t h e y were i n c r e a . s i n g the number of a.cts of a .ggression a.nd v i o l e n c e a.nd crea.ting da.ngerous r i s k s f o r interna.tiona.l pea.ce a.nd s e c u r i t y . Isra.el l i v e d o n l y t h r o u g h t e n s i o n .
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5 5 . D u r i n g the becond V/orld War, m i l l i o n s o f Jews had s u f f e r e d xmder nazism and many ha.d l o s t t h e i r l i v e s , a. fa.ct w h i c h h i s Government s i n c e r e l y d e p l o r e d . Many o f those who ha.d mira.culously escaped from tha.t ma.ssa.cre ha.d dra.wn the necessa.iy c o n c l u s i o n s a.nd a.dopted a.n a.ttitude o f open-mindedness, t o l e r a n c e a,nd d e v o t i o n to huma,n r i g h t s a.nd freedoms. 3 6 . Morocco wa.s proud t o ha.ve a.lwa.ys rega.rded the J e w i s h community a.s a,n i n t e g r a . l p a r t o f i t s p e o p l e . D u r i n g the becond W o r l d Wa.r, w h i l e h i s c o u n t r y had s t i l l been a F r e n c h p r o t e c t o r a t e , a H i t l e r i t e commission a t Pia.ba.t had sought t o a.ttack p e r s o n s o f J e w i s h f a . i t h i n Morocco. However, K i n g Mohamma.d V had f i r m l y opposed such a.ction a.nd ha.d t o l d the members o f the commission tha.t i n Morocco t h e r e were not two ca.tegories o f c i t i z e n s but o n l y ]. a.nd tha.t t h e y were a . l l e n t i t l e d t o h i s p r o t e c t i o n . He ha.d gone on t o sa.y tha,t i f a.ny Morocca.ns o f the J e w i s h f a . i t h were m o l e s t e d , he would no l o n g e r be r e s p o n s i b l e f o r pea.ce i n the c o u n t r y . I n view o f t h a i unsha.kea.ble a . t t i t u d e , the commission ha,d r e l e n t e d a.nd Morocca.n Jews ha.d not ha.d t o s u f f e r from na.zism. 37 · In. t h e A r a b w o r l d , Jews a.nd Ara.bs had l i v e d t o g e t h e r i n pea.ce f o r c e n t u r i e s , w i t h r e s p e c t f o r the f a . i t h , customs and t r a . d i t i o n s o f ea.ch o f the two communities. The ca.use o f t h e dra.ma.tic s i t u a t i o n c u r r e n t l y f a c i n g t h e w o r l d was i n t e r n a t i o n a l Z i o n i s m , w h i c h ha.d a.dulterated t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p e x i s t i n g between A r a b s a.nd Jews. The Ara.bs were d e f e n d i n g t h e i r independence, t e r r i t o r i a , l i n t e g r i t y , r i g h t t o development a.nd freedom. Z i o n i s m c o n s t i t u t e d a. da,nger n o t o n l y f o r t h e Ara.bs but a.lso f o r o t h e r p e o p l e s a.nd f o r the Jews themselves who w i s h e d t o l i v e i n pea.ce a.nd ha,rmony w i t h t h e i r Ara.b c o u s i n s . 38. The Ara.b p e o p l e s ha,d a, d u t y t o p o o l t h e i r r e s o u r c e s i n o r d e r t o thwa.rt the d e s i g n s o f a w a r l i k e e n t i t y whose o n l y o b j e c t i v e was t o expand a t t h e i r expense a.nd w h i c h c o n t i n u e d , d e s p i t e t h e condemna.tion o f the e n t i r e i n t e m a . t i o n a l commxmity t o r e j e c t a l l e f f o r t s t o a.chieve a j u s t , g l o b a l a.nd p o l i t i c a l s o l u t i o n t o the s e r i o u s problems i t ha.d i t s e l f c r e a t e d i n the r e g i o n . I n so d o i n g , the Arab p e o p l e s were m e r e l y d e f e n d i n g t h e i r v a l u e s a.nd t h e i r r i g h t s , s i n c e I s r a e l l e f t them no o t h e r c h o i c e . 39. The peace w h i c h h i s c o u n t r y a,nd o t h e r Arab S t a t e s s i n c e r e l y w i s h e d a.nd f o r which t h e y worked consta.ntly was one w h i c h would be j u s t a.nd dura.ble a.nd would encompass a.Il t h e p a r t i e s c o n c e r n e d . That pea.ce s h o u l d be based on the f o l l o w i n g p r i n c i p l e s w h i c h ha.d been repea.tedly a.ffirmed by the i n t e m a . t i o n a . l commimitys evacua.tion o f a.ll the o c c u p i e d Ara.b t e r r i t o r i e s , i n c l u d i n g t h e H o l y C i t y o f J e r u s a l e m ; r e c o v e r y o f the na.tional r i g h t s o f the P a l e s t i n i a . n p e o p l e t o self-àetermina.tion a.nd the e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f a.n independent P a . l e s t i n i a n sta,te on i t s na.tiona.l t e r r i t o r y under the l e a d e r s h i p o f the PLO, the s o l e l e g i t i m a t e r e p r e s e n t a . t i v e o f the P a l e s t i n i a n p e o p l e ; a.nd r e j e c t i o n o f a.ny unila.tera.l s o l u t i o n t o the Pa.lestinia.n problem i n p a r t i c u l a . r , a.nd the A r a . b - Z i o n i s t c o n f l i c t i n genera.l. EXPRESSION OP SYMPATHY I N CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY 4 0 . The CHAIRI4AH, s p e a k i n g on b e h a l f o f the Commission, e x p r e s s e d sympathy i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the dea.th o f ¥¡x. Cordero d i Montezemolo, Permanent Représentai!ve o f I t a l y t o t h e U n i t e d Na.tions O f f i c e a.t Geneva. 41. Mr. BETTINI ( I t a l y ) tha.nked the Commission f o r i t s e x p r e s s i o n o f sympathy, which he would n o t f a . i l t o convey t o t h e f a m i l y o f I'Ir. Cordero d i Montezemolo a.nà h i s Government. The m e e t i n g r o s e a.t 7 . 1 5 p.m.