The General Assembly,
Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1994/45
of 29 July 1994,
Reaffirming the principle of the permanent sovereignty
of people under foreign occupation over their national resources,
Guided by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
affirming the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory
by force and recalling Security Council resolutions 242 (1967)
of 22 November 1967 and 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981,
Recalling Security Council resolution 465 (1980) of 1 March
1980 and other resolutions affirming the 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 Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied
by Israel since 1967,
Recalling also Security Council resolution 904 (1994) of
18 March 1994, in which, among other things, the Council called
upon Israel, the occupying Power, to continue to take and implement
measures, including, inter alia, confiscation of arms, with the
aim of preventing illegal acts of violence by Israeli settlers
and called for measures to be taken to guarantee the safety and
protection of the Palestinian civilians in the occupied territory,
Aware of the negative and grave economic and social repercussions
of the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian people in the Palestinian
territory, occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and on the
Arab population of the Syrian Golan,
Welcoming the ongoing Middle East peace process started
at Madrid, in particular the signing at Cairo on 4 May 1994 by
the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation
Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people, of
the first implementation agreement of the Declaration of Principles
on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, namely, the Agreement
on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area,
1. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General;
2. Reaffirms that Israeli settlements in the Palestinian
territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied
since 1967, are illegal and an obstacle to economic and social
development;
3. Recognizes the economic and social repercussions of
the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian people in the Palestinian
territory occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem,
and on the Arab population of the Syrian Golan;
4. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the Palestinian people
and the population of the Syrian Golan to their natural and all
other economic resources, and regards any infringement thereof
as being illegal;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General
Assembly at its fiftieth session, through the Economic and Social
Council, a report on the progress made in the implementation of
the present resolution.
92nd plenary meeting
19 December 1994