The General Assembly,
 
      Recalling its resolutions 181 (II) of 29 November 1947, 194 (III) of 11
December 1948, 3236 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974, 3375 (XXX) and 3376 (XXX) of
10 November 1975, 31/20 of 24 November 1976, 32/40 A of 2 December 1977, 33/28
A and B of 7 December 1978, 34/65 A of 29 November 1979 and 34/65 C of 12
December 1979, ES-7/2 of 29 July 1980, 35/169 A and C of 15 December 1980,
36/120 A and C of 10 December 1981, ES-7/4 of 28 April 1982, 37/86 A of 10
December 1982, 38/58 A of 13 December 1983, 39/49 A of 11 December 1984, 40/96
A of 12 December 1985, 41/43 A of 2 December 1986, 42/66 A of 2 December 1987,
43/175 A of 15 December 1988, 44/41 A of 6 December 1989, 45/67 A of 6
December 1990, 46/74 A of 11 December 1991, 47/64 A of 11 December 1992,
48/158 A of 20 December 1993, 49/62 A of 14 December 1994 and 50/84 A of 15
December 1995,
 
      Having considered the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the
Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,
 
      Welcoming the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-
Government Arrangements, including its Annexes and Agreed Minutes, by the
Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in
Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993, as well as the subsequent
implementation agreements, in particular the Agreement on the Gaza Strip and
the Jericho Area, signed at Cairo on 4 May 1994, and the Israeli-Palestinian
Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, signed in Washington,
D.C., on 28 September 1995,
 
      Reaffirming that the United Nations has a permanent responsibility with
respect to the question of Palestine until the question is resolved in all its
aspects in a satisfactory manner in accordance with international legitimacy,
 
      1.    Expresses its appreciation to the Committee on the Exercise of the
Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for its efforts in performing the
tasks assigned to it by the General Assembly;
 
      2.    Considers that the Committee can continue to make a valuable and
positive contribution to international efforts to promote the effective
implementation of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government
Arrangements and to mobilize international support for and assistance to the
Palestinian people during the transitional period;
 
      3.    Endorses the recommendations of the Committee contained in chapter
VII of its report;
 
      4.    Requests the Committee to continue to keep under review the
situation relating to the question of Palestine and to report and make
suggestions to the General Assembly or the Security Council, as appropriate;
 
      5.    Authorizes the Committee to continue to exert all efforts to
promote the exercise of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, to
make such adjustments in its approved programme of work as it may consider
appropriate and necessary in the light of developments, to give special
emphasis to the need to mobilize support and assistance for the Palestinian
people, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-second
session and thereafter;
 
      6.    Requests the Committee to continue to extend its cooperation to
non- governmental organizations in their contribution towards heightening
international awareness of the facts relating to the question of Palestine and
promoting support and assistance to meet the needs of the Palestinian people,
and to take the necessary steps to involve additional non-governmental
organizations in its work;
 
      7.    Requests the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine,
established under General Assembly resolution 194 (III), and other United
Nations bodies associated with the question of Palestine to continue to
cooperate fully with the Committee and to make available to it, at its
request, the relevant information and documentation which they have at their
disposal;
 
      8.    Requests the Secretary-General to circulate the report of the
Committee to all the competent bodies of the United Nations, and urges them to
take the necessary action, as appropriate;
 
      9.    Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the
Committee with all the necessary facilities for the performance of its tasks.