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18 General Assembly-Thirty-third Session the strengthening and the possible reorganization and renaming of the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights; 4. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure the full co-operation of the Department of Public In- formation and other units of the Secretariat in enabling the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights to perform its tasks; 5. Invites all Governments and organizations to lend their co-operation to the Committee on the Exer- cise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights in the per- formance of their tasks. 73rd plenary meeting 7 December 1978 33/29. The situation in the Middle East The General Assembly, Having discussed the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East", Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, in particular resolutions 3414 (XXX) of 5 December 1975, 31/61 of 9 December 1976, 32/20 of 25 No- vember 1977 and 33/28 of 7 December 1978, Taking into account the decisions of the Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Non-Aligned Coun- tries, held at Belgrade from 25 to 30 July 1978, con- cerning the situation in the Middle East and the ques- tion of Palestine,23 Deeply concerned that the Arab territories occupied since 1967 have continued, for more than eleven years, to be under illegal Israeli occupation and that the Palestinian people, after three decades, is still de- prived of the exercise of its inalienable national rights, Reaffirming that the acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible and that all territories thus occupied must be returned, Reaffirming also the urgent necessity of the estab- lishment of a just and lasting peace in the region, based on full respect for the principles of the Charter of the United Nations as well as for its resolutions concerning the problem of the Middle East including the question of Palestine, Convinced that the early convening of the Peace Conference on the Middle East with the participation of all parties concerned, including the Palestine Libera- tion Organization, in accordance with relevant reso- lutions of the General Assembly, is essential for the realization of a just and lasting settlement in the region, 1. Condemns Israel's continued occupation of Palestinian and other Arab territories, in violation of the Charter of the United Nations, the principles of international law and repeated resolutions of the United Nations; 2. Declares that peace is indivisible and that a just and lasting settlement of the Middle East problem must be based on a comprehensive solution, under the auspices of the United Nations, which takes into ac- count all aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict, in par- ticular the attainment by the Palestinian people of all its inalienable national rights and the Israeli with- 2s See A/33/206. drawal from all the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories; 3. Reaffirms that until Israel withdraws from all occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories, and until the Palestinian people attains and exercises its inalienable national rights, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, in which all countries and peoples in the region live in peace and security within recognized and secure boundaries, will not be achieved; 4. Calls anew for the early convening of the Peace Conference on the Middle East, under the auspices of the United Nations and the co-chairmanship of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America, with the participation on an equal footing of all parties concerned, including the Palestine Liberation Organization in accordance with General Assembly resolution 3375 (XXX) of 10 November 1975; 5. Urges the parties to the conflict and all other interested parties to work towards the achievement of a comprehensive settlement covering all aspects of the problems and worked out with the participation of all parties concerned within the framework of the United Nations; 6. Requests the Security Council, in the exercise of its responsibilities under the Charter, to take all necessary measures in order to ensure the implementa- tion of relevant resolutions of the United Nations, including General Assembly resolution 33/28 and the present resolution, and to facilitate the achievement of such a comprehensive settlement aiming at the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the region; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to follow up the implementation of the present resolution and to inform all concerned, including the Co-Chairmen of the Peace Conference on the Middle East; 8. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council periodically on the develop- ment of the situation and to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session a comprehensive report covering:, in all their aspects, the developments in the Middle East. 73rd plenary meeting 7 December 1978 33/44. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independem•e to Colonial Countries and Peoples The General Assembly, Having examined the report of the Special Com- mittee on the Situation with regard to the Implementa- tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,24 Recalling its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- ber 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, containing the programme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration, Recalling all its previous resolutions concerning the implementation of the Declaration, in particular reso- 24 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/33/23/Rev.1 ).

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