Draft Agendaitem 18: Questionof Palestine Peacefulsettlementof the questionof Palestine

TheGeneralAssembly, including those adoptedby its tenth emergency Recalling its relevantresolutions, special session, Recallingalso its resolution58/292of 6 May 2004, includingresolutions Recalling 242 (1967) of further relevantSecurityCouncil resolutions, (1973) 22 October (2002) t2 March2002,l5l5 (2003) of 1973,1397 of 22 November 1967,338 of l9 November 2003 and1544(2004)of l9 May 2004, Welcoming the affirmation by the SecurityCouncil of the vision of a region where two live IsraelandPalestine, sideby sidewithin secure recognized and borders, States, Noting with concernthat it has beensixty yearssincethe adoptionof partition resolution 181 (II) of 29 November1947and forty yearssincethe occupation Palestinian of territory,including EastJerusalem, 1967, in the report of the Secretary-General Having considered submittedpursuantto the request 6l/25 of I December 2006, madein its resolution responsibility the UnitedNationswith regardto the question Reffirming the permanent of of is in in until the question resolved all its aspects accordance with international law, Palestine Recallingthe advisoryopinion rendered 9 July 2004by the International on Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences the Constructionof a ll'all in the OccupiedPalestinian Territory , and of 15 alsoits resolutions ES-10i of 20 July 2004and ES-10/17 15 December recalling of 2006, Convincedthat achievinga just, lasting and comprehensive settlement the questionof of the conflict,is imperative forthe attainmentof Palestine, coreofthe Arab-Israeli comprehensive and and stabilityin the Middle East, lastingpeace Aware that the principle of equal rights and self-determination peoplesis among the of purposes principlesenshrined the Charterof the UnitedNations, in and of of ffirming the principleof the inadmissibility the acquisition territoryby war, Recallingttsresolution 2625(XXV) of 24 October1970, Reffirming the illegality of the Israelisettlements the Palestinian in territory occupiedsince includingEastJerusalem, 1967,

Reffirming also the illegality of all Israeliactionsaimedat changing status Jerusalem, the of includingmeasures suchas the so-called plan and all otherunilaterui.Lasu.es E-l aimedat altering the character, status and demographiccompositionof the city and the territoryas a whole, Reaffirming by further that the construction Israel, the occupyingPower,of a wall in the OccupiedPalestinian Territory, including in and aroundEast Jerusalem, and its associated regime, are contrary international to law, Expressingdeep concern about the continuing Israeli policy of closures and severe restrictions the movementof persons on and goods,including medicalandhumanitarian personnel goods,via imposition of crossingclosures, and hundreds of checkpointsand u p"..it regime throughout the Occupied PalestinianTerritory, including East Jerusalem,and the conseq-'uent negative impacton the socio-economic situation the Palestinian of peopleand the compoundingof the prevailinghumanitarian crisis, Concernedabout the continuedestablishment Israeli checkpoints the Occupied of in Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,and the transformationof several of these checkpointsinto structuresakin to permanentborder crossingsinside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which are severely impairing the territorial contiguity of the Tenitoiy and severely undermining effortsand aid aimedat rehabilitating developing palestinian all and the economy, Affirming once again the right of all States the region to live in peacewithin secureand in internationally recognized borders, Recalling the mutual recognitionbetweenthe Governmentof the Stateof Israel and the Palestine LiberationOrganization, representative the Palestinian the of people,and the agreements concluded between two sidesandthe needfor full compliance the with thoseagreements, Recallingalso the endorsement the Security by Council,in resolution l5l5 (2003),of the road map to a permanent two-Statesolutionto the Israeli-Palestinian Quartet conflict, and stressing the urgentneedfor its implementation compliance and with its provisions, Welcomingthe Arab PeaceInitiative adopted by Council of the League of Arab States at the Beirut Summit in March 2002, Noting the contributionto the peaceprocess the United Nations SpecialCoordinator of for the Middle EastPeace Process Personal and Representative the Secretary-General the palestine of to LiberationOrganization the Palestinian and Authority, includingin the frameworkof the activitiesof the Quartet, Welcoming the convening of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting, under the chairmanship Norway, on 24 September of 2007[and the December meetingplannedfor paris] to provide assistance the Palestinianpeopleto alleviatethe financial, socio-economic to anJ humanitarian crisis they are facing, and acknowledging the contribution of the Temporary InternationalMechanismin this regard,

Recognizing the efforts being undertaken the Palestinian by Authority, with international support,to rebuild, reform and strengthen damagedinstitutions,and emphasizing need to its the preserve Palestinian the institutions and infrastructure, Expressingits concernover the negativedevelopments that havecontinuedto occur in the Palestinian Occupied Territory,includingEastJerusalem, since28 September 2000,as a result of ongoingIsraeli military actionsand excessive of force, includingthe largenumberof deaths use and injuries,mostly amongPalestinian civilians,the widespread destruction public and private of Palestinianproperry and infrastructure, the internal displacement civilians, and the serious of deterioration the socio-economic humanitarian of and conditions the Palestinian of people, Expressing itsgrave concernabout the reoccupationof Palestinianpopulation centresby the Israeli occupyingforces,and emphasizing this regard the needfor the implementation in by both sidesof the Sharm el-Sheikh understandings, Emphasizingthe importanceof the safety and well-beingof all civilians in the whole Middle East region, and condemningall acts of violenceand terror againstcivilians on both sides, Noting the Israeliwithdrawalfrom within the GazaStrip andpartsof the northemWestBank and the importance of the dismantlementof the settlements therein as a step towards the implementation the RoadMap, of Expressing concern over the unlawful takeover of Palestinian Authority institutions in the Gaza Strip on June 2007, and calling for the restoration of the situation to that which existed prior to June 2007 to allow for the resumption of a dialogue for the restoration of Palestiniannational unity, Stressing urgentneedfor sustained activeinternational the and involvement, includingby the Quartet, to support both parties in revitalizing the peace processtowards the resumptionand acceleration direct negotiations of betweenthe parties for the achievement a just, lasting and of peace settlement, the basis of United Nations resolutions,the Arab Peace comprehensive on Initiative and the Road Mup, Toking note in this regard of the initiative by the United States President and welcoming the conveningof a substantiveand seriousinternational meetingthis year aimed at achieving a just and comprehensivesolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict as a whole, ending the occupation and achieving a just and peacefulsolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by the resumption of negotiationson all tracks, in accordancewith the terms of referencecontainedin this resolution, Acknowledging the efforts being undertaken by civil society to promote a peaceful of settlement the questionof Palestine, Taking note of the findings by the International Court of Justice,in its advisoryopinion, includingon the urgentnecessity the UnitedNationsas a wholeto redouble effortsto bring the for its Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which continues posea threatto international to peaceand security, a to thereby speedy conclusion, establishingjust andlasting a peace theregion, in

1. Reffirms the necessity achievinga peacefulsettlement the question Palestine, of of of the core of the Arab-Israeliconflict, all its aspects, of intensifuing effortstowardsthat end; in and all 2. Also reaffirmsits full supportfor the Middle Eastpeaceprocess, which beganin Madrid, and the existingagreements betweenthe Israeli and Palestinian sides,stresses necessity the the for just establishment a comprehensive, and lastingpeacein the Middle East,and welcomesin this of regardthe ongoingeffortsof the Quartetand of the Leagueof Arab States; 3. Welcomes Arab Peace the Initiativeadopted the Councilof the Leagueof Arab States by at the Beirut Summit in March 2002 and the follow-up steps being undertaken by the Ministerial Committeeformed after reaffirmationof the Initiative by the Riyadh Summit in March 2007; 4. Calls upon the partiesthemselves, with the supportof the Quartetand other interested parties,to exert all effortsnecessary halt the deterioration the situation, reverse measures to of to all takenon the groundsince28 September 2000and to immediately resume directpeace negotiations towards the conclusionof a final peaceful settlementon the basis of relevant United Nations resolutions, especially from the SecurityCouncil,the Arab Peace Initiative,the termsof reference of the Madrid Conference the roadmap; and 5. Calls upon the Quartet,togetherwith the intemationalcommunity,to take immediate steps, including confidence-building measuresbetween the parties, aimed at hatting the deteriorationof the situation,promotingstability andrestarting peace the process; 6. Stresses needfor a speedyend to the reoccupation Palestinian the populationcentres, of including, inter alia, by removal of all Israeli checkpointserected within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and the need for respect and preservation of the territorial unity, contiguity and integrity of all of the OccupiedPalestinian Territory, includingEast Jerusalem; 7. Stresses need for an immediate and completecessation all acts of violence, the of including military attacks,destructionand actsof terror;
8. Notes the Israeli withdrawal from within the Gaza Strip and parts of the northern West Bank and the dismantlement of the settlements therein and the need for the parties to resolve all remaining issuesin the Gaza Strip;

9. Stresses the need for the full implementation by both parties of the Agreement on Movementand Access and the AgreedPrinciplesfor the Rafah Crossing, 15 November2005, of and the needin specificfor Israel,the occupying Power,to cease closureof all crossings its into and out of the Gaza Strip, which hasdevastated socio-economic conditions, and to allow for the unimpededmovementand access humanitarianpersonnel of and supplies; 10. Calls upon Israel,the occupyingPower, to comply strictly with its obligationsunder international law, includinginternational humanitarian law, and that it cease of its measures all that are contrary to internationallaw and unilateral actions in the Occupied PalestinianTerritory, including East Jerusalem, that are aimed at altering the characterand status of the Territory, includingvia the de facto annexation land, and thus at prejudging final outcomeof peace of the nesotiations:

ll. Demandsaccordingly that Israel,the occupying Power,comply with its legalobligations under international law, as mentionedin the advisoryopinion and as demanded resolutions in ES10/13of 2l October 2003andES-10/15 20 July 2004 and,interalia,that it immediately of cease its construction the wall in the OccupiedPalestinian of Territory, includingEast Jerusalem, calls and upon all States Membersof the United Nationsto comply with their legal obligations, mentioned as in the advisory opinion; 12.Reiteratesits demandfor the completecessation all Israeli settlement of activitiesin the OccupiedPalestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupiedSyrian Golan, and callsfor the full implementation the relevant of Security Councilresolutions; 13.Reffirms its commitment,in accordance with international law, to the two-State solution of Israeland Palestine, living sideby sidein peace and security within recognized borders, based on thepre-1967 borders; 14.Stresses needfor: the (a) The withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian territory occupiedsince 1967,including BastJerusalem; (b) The realization the inalienable of rights of the Palestinian people,primarily the right to self-determination the rieht to their independent and State: 15.Also stressesthe need fo.;ustfy resolvingthe problem of Palestine refugeesin conformity with its resolution (IID of 11 December 194 1948; 16. UrgesMember States expedite provisionof economic, to the humanitarian technical and assistance the Palestinian to peopleand the Palestinian Authority duringthis critical periodto help to alleviatethe humanitarian crisis being faced by the Palestinian people,particularly in the Gaza Strip, to rehabilitatethe Palestinianeconomy and infrastructure and to support the rebuilding, restructuring reformof Palestinian and institutions; 17.Requests Secretary-General continuehis effortswith the partiesconcerned, in the to and consultationwith the Security Council, towards the attainmentof a peaceful settlementof the question Palestine the promotion peace theregionandto submitto the General of and of in Assembly at its sixty-third session reporton theseeffortsand on developments this matter. a on