The General Assembly,
 
      Guided by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and
affirming the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force,
 
      Recalling its relevant resolutions, as well as relevant Security Council
resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 446 (1979)
of 22 March 1979, 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980 and 497 (1981) of 17 December
1981,
 
      Reaffirming 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 to the occupied
Syrian Golan,
 
      Welcoming the Middle East peace process started at Madrid and the
agreements reached between the parties, in particular the Declaration of
Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13 September 1993 and
the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip of 28 September
1995,
 
      Expressing grave concern over the decision of the Government of Israel
to resume settlement activities in violation of international humanitarian
law, relevant United Nations resolutions and the agreements reached between
the parties,
 
      Gravely concerned in particular about the dangerous situation resulting
from actions taken by the illegal armed Israeli settlers in the occupied
territory, as illustrated by the massacre of Palestinian worshippers by an
illegal Israeli settler in Al-Khalil on 25 February 1994,
 
      Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,
 
      1.    Reaffirms that Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory,
including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and an
obstacle to peace and economic and social development;
 
      2.    Calls upon Israel to accept the de jure applicability of the
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of
War, of 12 August 1949,1 to the occupied Palestinian territory, including
Jerusalem, and to the occupied Syrian Golan and to abide scrupulously by the
provisions of the Convention, in particular article 49;
 
      3.    Demands complete cessation of all illegal Israeli settlement
activities;
 
      4.    Stresses the need for full implementation of 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.