UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. Distr. \* MERGEFORMAT LIMITED A/HRC/10/L.6 18 March 2009 Original: Orig. Lang. \* MERGEFORMAT ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Tenth session Agenda item 7 HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES 10/… Human rights violations emanating from the Israeli military attacks and operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly the recent ones in the occupied Gaza Strip Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Conference), Venezuela* (Bolivarian Republic of), Yemen* (on behalf of the Arab Group): draft resolution The Human Rights Council, Guided by the principles and objectives of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, Guided also by the right of the Palestinian People to self-determination and the inadmissibility of the acquisition of land by the use of force, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, * Non-member States of the Human Rights Council. Affirming the applicability of the fourth 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, Affirming also the applicability of international human rights law, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Expressing serious concern at the lack of implementation by the occupying power, Israel, of previously adopted resolutions and recommendations of the Council relating to the human rights situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Condemning all forms of violence against civilians and deploring the loss of human lives in the context of the current situation, Recognizing that the Israeli military attacks and operations in the Occupied Palestinian territory, particularly the recent ones in the Occupied Gaza strip, constitute severe violations of international humanitarian law and of the human rights of the Palestinian people therein and undermines international efforts towards achieving a just and lasting peace in the region based on the two states solution, Recognizing also that the Israeli siege imposed on the Occupied Gaza strip, including the closure of border crossings, leads to disastrous humanitarian, economic, and environmental consequences. 1. Demands the occupying power, Israel, to end its occupation of the Palestinian land occupied since 1967, and to respect its commitments within the peace process towards the establishment of the independent sovereign Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living in peace and security with all its neighbours; 2. Strongly condemns the Israeli military attacks and operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly the recent ones in the Occupied Gaza strip, which has resulted in the killing and injury of thousands of Palestinians civilians including a large number of women and children; 3. Demands the occupying power, Israel, to stop the targeting of civilians and the systematic destruction of the cultural heritage of the Palestinian people, in addition to the destruction of public and private properties, and the targeting of United Nations Facilities, as laid down in the Fourth Geneva Convention; 4. Demands further that Israel, the occupying power, ceases immediately all current excavations beneath and around Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, and to refrain from any act that may endanger the structure, or change the nature of the holy sites both Islamic and Christians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in and around Jerusalem; 5 .Calls for immediate international protection for the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in compliance with international human rights and humanitarian law both applicable in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem; 6. Calls also for the immediate cessation of all Israeli military attacks and operations throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the firing of crude rockets by Palestinians combatants against southern Israel; 7. Demands the occupying power, Israel, to immediately stop its illegal decision to demolish a large number of Palestinian houses in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Al-Bustan in the Selwan area, near Al-Aqsa mosque, which will be resulting in the displacement of more than 1500 resident Palestinian of East Jerusalem; 8. Demands the occupying power, Israel, to release Palestinians prisoners and detainees, 9. Calls upon the occupying power, Israel, to lift checkpoints and to open all crossing points and borders according to international agreements, 10. Decides to continue the consideration of this question at its session of March 2010 ----- A/HRC/10/L.6 Page \* MERGEFORMAT 2 A/HRC/10/L.6 Page \* MERGEFORMAT 3 Word.Picture.8