The General Assembly,
 
      Having considered the reports of the Special Committee to Investigate
Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and
Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories,
 
      Deeply concerned that the Syrian Golan occupied since 1967 has been
under continued Israeli military occupation,
 
      Recalling Security Council resolution 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981,
 
      Recalling also its previous relevant resolutions, the last of which was
resolution 50/29 D of 6 December 1995,
 
      Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 17 October
1996,
 
      Recalling its previous relevant resolutions in which, inter alia, it
called upon Israel to put an end to its occupation of the Arab territories,
 
      Reaffirming once more the illegality of the decision of 14 December 1981
taken by Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the
occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that
territory,
 
      Reaffirming that the acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible
under the Charter of the United Nations,
 
      Reaffirming also the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to
the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the
occupied Syrian Golan,
 
      Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 237 (1967) of 14 June 1967,
 
      Welcoming 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 aimed at the realization of a just,
comprehensive and lasting peace, and stressing the need for rapid progress in
all bilateral negotiations,
 
      1.    Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply with the
relevant resolutions on the occupied Syrian Golan, in particular Security
Council resolution 497 (1981), in which the Council, inter alia, decided that
the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on
the occupied Syrian Golan was null and void and without international legal
effect, and demanded that Israel, the occupying Power, should rescind
forthwith its decision;
 
      2.    Also calls upon Israel to desist from changing the physical
character, demographic composition, institutional structure and legal status
of the occupied Syrian Golan and in particular to desist from the
establishment of settlements;
 
      3.    Determines that all legislative and administrative measures and
actions taken or to be taken by Israel, the occupying Power, that purport to
alter the character and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan are null and
void, constitute a flagrant violation of international law and of the Geneva
Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of
12 August 1949, and have no legal effect;
 
      4.    Calls upon Israel to desist from imposing Israeli citizenship and
Israeli identity cards on the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan,
and to desist from its repressive measures against the population of the
occupied Syrian Golan;
 
      5.    Deplores the violations by Israel of the Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August
1949;
 
      6.    Calls once again upon Member States not to recognize any of the
legislative or administrative measures and actions referred to above;
 
      7.    Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution.