Sixty-second session


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Item 34 of the provisional agenda*
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices 
Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People 
and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories



		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


		Report of the Secretary-General


1.	The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 61/117 of 14 December 2006, the operative part of which reads as follows: 
		“The General Assembly, 
		“…
		“1.	Reaffirms that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, is applicable to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
		“2.	Demands that Israel accept the de jure applicability of the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and that it comply scrupulously with the provisions of the Convention;
		“3.	Calls upon all High Contracting Parties to the Convention, in accordance with article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions and as mentioned in the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 
9 July 2004, to continue to exert all efforts to ensure respect for its provisions by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
		“4.	Reiterates the need for speedy implementation of the relevant recommendations contained in the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth emergency special session, including resolution 
ES-10/15, with regard to ensuring respect by Israel, the occupying Power, for the provisions of the Convention;
		“5.	Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution.”
2.	On 14 May 2007, the Secretary-General addressed a note verbale to the Government of Israel, in which he requested, in view of his reporting responsibilities under the above-mentioned resolution, that the Government of Israel inform him of any steps it had taken, or envisaged taking, concerning the implementation of the relevant provisions of the resolution. 
3.	No reply had been received at the time of the preparation of the present report. 
4. 	On 14 May 2007, the Secretary-General addressed a note verbale to all permanent missions, in which he requested, in view of his reporting responsibilities under the above-mentioned resolution, that Governments inform him of any steps they had taken, or envisaged taking, concerning the implementation of the relevant provisions of the resolution. Replies were received from the Permanent Mission of Cuba on 10 July 2007; from the Permanent Mission of Japan on 27 July 2007; and from the Permanent Mission of Argentina on 3 August 2007.









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 United Nations
A/62/332
 
 General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 September 2007

Original: English


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