The General Assembly,
 
      Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/40 of 26 July
1996,
 
      Reaffirming the principle of the permanent sovereignty of people under
foreign occupation over their natural 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, including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November
1967, 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 other Arab
territories occupied by Israel since 1967,
 
      Expressing concern at the exploitation by Israel, the occupying Power,
of the natural resources of the occupied Palestinian territory, including
Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967,
 
      Aware of the additional, detrimental economic and social impact of the
Israeli settlements on Palestinian and other Arab natural resources,
especially the confiscation of land and the forced diversion of water
resources,
 
      Welcoming the ongoing Middle East peace process which was started at
Madrid on 30 October 1991 and which is based on Security Council resolutions
242 (1967), 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 and 425 (1978) of 19 March 1978 and
the principle of land for peace, in particular the two implementation
agreements embodied in the Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area of
4 May 1994 and the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip of 28
September 1995,
 
      1.    Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;
 
      2.    Reaffirms the inalienable right of the Palestinian people and the
population of the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources,
including land and water;
 
      3.    Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, not to exploit, to cause
loss and depletion of or to endanger the natural resources in the occupied
Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan;
 
      4.    Recognizes the right of the Palestinian people to claim
restitution as a result of any exploitation, loss or depletion of, or danger
to, their natural resources, and expresses the hope that this issue will be
dealt with in the framework of the final status negotiation between the
Palestinian and Israeli sides;
 
      5.    Requests the Secretary-General to report to it, at its
fifty-second session, on the implementation of the present resolution, and
decides to include in the agenda of its fifty-second session an item entitled
"Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian
territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied
Syrian Golan over their natural resources".