Fiftieth session
Agenda item 44
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 36/120 E of 10 December 1981, 37/123
C of 16 December 1982, 38/180 C of 19 December 1983, 39/146 C
of 14 December 1984, 40/168 C of 16 December 1985, 41/162 C of
4 December 1986, 42/209 D of 11 December 1987, 43/54 C of 6 December
1988, 44/40 C of 4 December 1989, 45/83 C of 13 December 1990,
46/82 B of 16 December 1991, 47/63 B of 11 December 1992, 48/59
A of 14 December 1993 and 49/87 A of 16 December 1994, in which
it determined that all legislative and administrative measures
and actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, which had altered
or purported to alter the character and status of the Holy City
of Jerusalem, in particular the so-called "Basic Law"
on Jerusalem and the proclamation of Jerusalem as the capital
of Israel, were null and void and must be rescinded forthwith,
Recalling also Security Council resolution 478 (1980) of
20 August 1980, in which the Council, inter alia, decided not
to recognize the "Basic Law" and called upon those States
that had established diplomatic missions at Jerusalem to withdraw
such missions from the Holy City,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of
24 October 1995, A/50/574.
1. Determines that the decision of Israel to impose its laws,
jurisdiction and administration on the Holy City of Jerusalem
is illegal and therefore null and void and has no validity whatsoever;
2. Deplores the transfer by some States of their diplomatic missions
to Jerusalem in violation of Security Council resolution 478 (1980),
and their refusal to comply with the provisions of that resolution;
3. Calls once more upon those States to abide by the provisions
of the relevant United Nations resolutions, in conformity with
the Charter of the United Nations;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-first session on the implementation of the present
resolution.
79th plenary meeting
4 December 1995
The General Assembly,
Having considered the item entitled "The situation in
the Middle East",
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General of 24
October 1995, 1/
Recalling Security Council resolution 497 (1981) of 17
December 1981,
Reaffirming the fundamental principle of the inadmissibility
of the acquisition of territory by force,
Reaffirming once more the applicability of the Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,
of 12 August 1949, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No.
973. to the occupied Syrian Golan,
Deeply concerned that Israel has not withdrawn from the
Syrian Golan, which has been under occupation since 1967, contrary
to the relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions,
Noting with satisfaction the convening at Madrid of the
Peace Conference on the Middle East on the basis of Security Council
resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22
October 1973, with the hope that substantial and concrete progress
will be achieved on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks for the realization
of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region,
1. Declares that Israel has failed so far to comply with Security
Council resolution 497 (1981);
2. Declares also that the Knesset decision of 11 November 1991
annexing the occupied Syrian Golan constitutes a grave violation
of resolution 497 (1981) and therefore is null and void and has
no validity whatsoever, and calls upon Israel to rescind it;
3. Reaffirms its determination that all relevant provisions of
the Regulations annexed to the Hague Convention of 1907, See Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conventions and Declarations
of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915). and
the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons
in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, continue to apply to the Syrian
territory occupied by Israel since 1967, and calls upon the parties
thereto to respect and ensure respect for their obligations under
those instruments in all circumstances;
4. Determines once more that the continued occupation of the Syrian
Golan and its de facto annexation constitute a stumbling-block
in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace
in the region;
5. Demands once more that Israel withdraw from all the occupied
Syrian Golan to the line of 4 June 1967 in implementation of the
relevant Security Council resolutions;
6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-first session on the implementation of the present
resolution.
79th plenary meeting
4 December 1995 .