A/RES/2252(ES-V) GA

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DURING ITS F}FTH EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION 4 CONTENTS Resolution No. Title Item Pa{JC 2252 (ES-V) 2253 (ES-V) Humanitarian assistance (A/L.526 and Add.1-3) ..... 5 Date of adoption 4 July 1967 3 Measures taken by Israel to change the status of the City of Jerusalem (A/L.527 /Rev.l) 5 5 4 July 1967 4 4 4 4 4 2254 (ES-V) 2255 (ES-V) 2256 (ES-V) 2257 (ES-V) Measures taken by Israel to change the status of the City of 14 July 1967 Jerusalem (A/L.528/Rev.2) ........ . Credentials of representatives to the fifth emergency special session of the General Assembly (A/6742 and Corr.1) 3 (b) 5 17 July 1967 21 July 1967 The situation in the Middle East (A/L.529/Rev.l) 18 September 1967 The situation in the Middle East (A/L.530) 5 4 Resolutions adopted without reference to a Main Committee (see foot-note 1, p. 1). 2252 (ES-V). Humanitarian assistance The General Assembly, Considering the urgent need to alleviate the suffering inflicted on civilians and on prisoners of war as a result of the recent hostilities in the Middle East, 1. Welcomes with great satisfaction Security Coun- cil resolution 237 (1967) of 14 June 1967, whereby the Council : (a) Considered the urgent need to spare the civil populations and the prisoners of war in the area of conflict in the Middle East additional sufferings; ( b) Considered that essential and inalienable human rights should be respected even during the vicissitudes of war; ( c) Considered that all the obligations of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of vVar of 12 August 19495 should be com- plied with by the parties involved in the conflict; ( d) Called upon the Government of Israel to ensure the safety, welfare and security of the inhabitants of the areas where military operations had taken place and to facilitate the return of those inhabitants who had fled the areas since the outbreak of hostilities; ( e) Recommended to the Governments concerned the scrupulous respect of the humanitarian principle;; governing the treatment of prisoners of war and the protection of civilian persons in time of war, con- tained in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 ;6 (f) Requested the Secretary-General to follow the effective implementation of the resolution and to report to the Security Council; 2. Notes with gratitude and satisfaction and endorses the appeal made by the President of the General As- sembly on 26 June 1967 ;7 5 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75 (1950), No. 972. 6 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75 (1950), Nos. 970-973. 7 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifth Emer- gency Special Session, Plenary Meetings, 1536th meeting, paras. 29-37. 3 3. Notes with gratification the work undertaken by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the League of Red Cross Societies .an~ other . voluntary organizations to provide humamtanan assistance to civilians; 4. N otcs further with gratification the assistance which the United Nations Children's Fund is providing to women and children in the area ; 5. C oinmends the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near Ea .. t for his efforts to continue the activities of the Agency in the present situation with respect to all persons coming within his mandate; 6. Endorses, bearing in mind the objectives of the above-mentioned Security Council resoluti011, the efforts of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and \Vorks Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to provide humanitarian assistance, as far as practicable, on an emergency basis and as a temporary measure, to other persons in the area who are at present displaced and are in serious need of immediate assistance as a result of the recent hostilities; 7. Welcomes the close co-operation of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and of the other organiza- tions concerned, for the purpose of co-ordinating as- sistance; 8. Calls upon all the Member States concerned to facilitate the transport of supplies to all areas in which assistance is being rendered ; 9. Appeals to all Governments, as well as organiza- tions and individuals, to make special contributions for the above purposes to the United Nations Relief and \V orks Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and also to the other intergovernmental and non- governmental organizations concerned; 10. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, to report urgently to the General As- 4 General Assembly-Filth Emergency Special Session sembly on the needs arising under paragraphs 5 and 6 above; 11. Further requests the Secretary-General to follow the effective implementation of the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly. 1548th plenary meeting, 4 July 1967. 2253 (ES-V). Measures taken by Israel to change the status of the City of Jerusalem The General Assembly, Deeply concerned at the situation prevailing in Jerusalem as a result of the measures taken by Israel to change the status of the City, 1. Considers that these measures are invalid; 2. Calls upon Israel to rescind all measures already taken and to desist forthwith from taking any action which would alter the status of Jerusalem; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly and the Security Council on the situation and on the implementation of the present resolution not later than one week from its adoption. 1548th plenary meeting, 4 July 1967. 2254 (ES-V). Measures taken by Israel to change the status of the City of Jerusalem The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2253 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967, Having received the report submitted by the Secre- tary-General, 8 Taking note with the deepest regret and concern of the non-compliance by Israel with resolution 2253 (ES-V), I. Deplores the failure of Israel to implement Gen- eral Assembly resolution 2253 (ES-V); 2. Reiterates its call to Israel in that resolution to rescind all measures already taken and to desist forth- with from taking any action which would alter the status of Jerusalem ; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the ~ecur_ity Council and ~he General Assembly on the s1tuati~n and on the implementation of the present resolut10n. 1554th plenary meeting, 14 July 1967. 8 A/6753. For the printed text of this document see Official Records of the Security Council, Twenty-second Year, Supple- ment for July, August and September 1967, document S/8052. 2255 (ES-V). Credentials of representatives to the fifth emergency special session of the General Assembly The General Assembly Approves the report of the Credentials Committee.9 1556th plenary meeting, 17 July 1967. 2256 (ES-V). The situation in the Middle East The General Assembly, Having considered the grave situation in the Middle East, Considering that the Security Council continues to be seized of the problem, Bearing in mind the resolutions adopted and the proposals considered during the fifth emergency special session of the General Assembly, 1. Requests the Secretary-General to forward the records of the fifth emergency special session of the General Assembly to the Security Council in order to facilitate the resumption by the Council, as a matter of urgency, of its consideration of the tense situation in the Middle East; 2. Decides to adjourn the fifth emergency special session temporarily and to authorize the President of the General Assembly to reconvene the session as and when necessary. 1558th plenary meeting, 21 July 1967. 2257 (ES-V). The situation in the Middle East The General Assembly, Having considered the grave situation in the Middle East, Expressing its utmost concern about that situation, 1. Decides to place on the agenda of its twenty- second regular session, as a matter of high priority, the 9"Uestion on the agenda of its fifth emergency special sess10n; 2 .. Refe:s to its twenty-second regular session, for cons1derat1on, the records of the meetings and the documents of its fifth emergency special session. 1559th plenary meeting, 18 September 1967. 9 O.fficial R_ecords of the General Assembly, Fifth Emergency Spect(lll Sessio1i, Annexes, agenda item 3, document A/6742.

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