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20 General Asaembly-Tblrty-fourth Session 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. Requests the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People to keep the situation relating to the question of Palestine under re- view and to report and make suggestions to the General Assembly or the Security Council, as appropriate; 3. Authorizes the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People to continue to exert all efforts to promote the implementation of its recommendations, to send delegations or representatives to international conferences where such representation would be considered by it to be appropriate, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session and thereafter; 4. Requests the United Nations Conciliation Com- mission for Palestine, established under General Assem- bly resolution 194 (Un of 11 December 1948, as well as other United Nations bodies associated with the ques- tion of Palestine, to co-operate fully with the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestin- ian People and to make available to the Committee, at its request, the relevant information and documentation which they have at their disposal; 5. Decides to circulate the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestin- ian People to all the competent bodies of the United Nations and urges them to take necessary action, as appropriate, in accordance with the Committee's pro- gramme of implementation; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People with all the necessary facilities for the performance of its tasks. D The General Assembly, 100th plenary meeting 12 December 1979 Having considered the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,82 Noting, in particular, the information contained in paragraphs 45 to 51 of that report, Recalling its resolutions 32/ 40 B of 2 December 1977 and 33/28 C of 7 December 1978, 1. Requests the Secretary-General, in the light of the consultations held in accordance with paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 33/28 C, to redesignate the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights as the Division for Palestinian Rights and to provide it with the re- sources necessary to discharge the increased responsi- bilities assigned to it by the Assembly; 2. Also requests the Secreta!}'•General to ensure that the Division for Palestinian Rights, in consultation with the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and under its guidance: (a) Shall continue to discharge the tasks detailed in paragraph 1 of General Assembly resolution 32/ 40 B; (b) Shall undertake an expanded programme of work, including, inter alia, the following: 82 lbid. (i) Establishment of closer co-operation within the United Nations framework and with non-gov- ernmental organizations; (ii) Organization of four seminars during the bien- nium 1980-1981, sponsoring of annual intern- ship programmes and arrangements for lecture tours; (iii) Monitoring of political and other relevant de- velopments affecting the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people; (iv) Assistance in the preparation of visual material, such as posters; (v) Expansion of the scope of the bulletin issued by the Division for Palestinian Rights to include all items relevant to the question of Palestinian rights; 3. Further 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 Division for Palestinian Rights to perform its tasks; 4. Invites all Governments and organizations to lend their co-operation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Division for Palestinian Rights in the performance of their tasks; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to direct the United Nations Postal Administration to issue a series of United Nations commemorative postage stamps to publicize as widely as possible the grave situation and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people; 6. Requests Member States to observe annually on 29 November the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and to issue special postage stamps for the occasion; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to direct the De- partment of Public Information to set up, in consulta- tion with the Committee on the Exercise of the In- alienable Rights of the Palestinian People, a photo- graphic display in the public areas of United Nations Headquarters with a view to keeping visitors informed of the grave situation and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. 100th plenary meeting 12 December 1979 34/69. Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, containing the pro- gramme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration, Recalling its previous resolutions, in particular resolu- tions 3161 (XXVIII) of 14 December 1973, 3291 (XXIX) of 13 December 1974, 31/4 of 21 October 1976 and 32/7 of 1 November 1977, in which it, inter alia, affirmed the unity and· territorial integrity of the Comoros, Recalling, in particular, its resolution 3385 (XXX) of 12 November 1975 on the admission of the Comoros to membership in the United Nations, in which it re- affirmed the necessity of respecting the unity and terri- torial integrity of the Comoro Archipelago, composed n. Resoludons adopted without reference to a Main Committee 21 of the islands of Anjouan, Grande-Comore, Mayotte and MoMli, Convinced that a just and lasting solution to the ques- tion of Mayotte is to be found in respect for the sover- eignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Comoro Archipelago, Bearing in mind all the decisions of the Organization of African Unity, the movement of non-aligned countries and the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers con- cerning this question, l. Reaffirms the sovereignty of the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros over the island of Mayotte; 2. Appeals to the Government of France to begin negotiations with the Government of the Comoros as soon as possible with a view to implementing the relevant resolutions of the United Nations on the Comorian island of Mayotte; 3. Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in liaison with the Administrative Secretary- General of the Organization of African Unity, to provide the two parties with all necessary assistance and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session on developments relating to this question; 4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fifth session the item entitled "Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte". 92nd plenary meeting 6 December 1979 34 / 70. 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 November 1977 and 33/28 and 33/29 of 7 December 1978, Recalling also its resolution 34/65 of 29 November 1979, Taking into account the support extended to the just cause of the Palestinian people and the other Arab coun- tries in their struggle against Israeli aggression and for a ~enuine, comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East and the full exercise of the inalienable na- tional rights of the Palestinian people, both by the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non- Aligned Countries, held at Havana from 3 to 9 Septem- ber 1979,88 and by the Assembly of Heads of State lmd Government of the Organization of African Unity at its sixteenth ordinary session, held at Monrovia from 17 to 20 July 1979,st Deeply concerned that the Arab territories occupied since 1967 have continued, for more than twelve years, to be under illegal Israeli occupation and that the Pales- tinian people, after three decades, is still deprived of the exercise of its inalienable national rights, Reaffirming that the acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible under the Charter of the United Nations and that all territories thus occupied must be returned, Reaffirming also the urgent necessity of the establish- ment of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region, based on full respect for the principles of the 88 See A/34/S42. H See A/34/SS2. Charter of the United Nations as well as for its resolu- tions concerning the situation in the Middle East and the question of Palestine, Convinced that the early convening of the Peace Con- ference on the Middle East with the participation of all parties concerned, including the Palestine Liberation Organization, in accordance with relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, particularly resolution 3375 (XXX) of 10 November 1975, is essential for the real- ization of a just and lasting settlement in the region, 1. Condemns Israel's continued occupation of Pal- estinian and other Arab territories, in violation of the Charter of the United Nations, the principles of inter- national law and relevant resolutions of the United Nations; 2. Declares once more that peace is indivisible and that a just and lasting settlement of the Middle East question must be based on a comprehensive solution, under the auspices of the United Nations, which takes into account all aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict, in particular the attainment by the Palestinian peofle of all its inalienable rights and the Israeli withdrawa from all the occupied Arab and Palestinian territories, in- cluding Jerusalem; 3. Condemns all partial agreements and separate treaties which violate the recognized riihts of the Pal- estinian people and contradict the principles of just and comprehensive solutions to the Middle East problem to ensure the establishment of a just peace in the area; 4. Reaffirms that until Israel, in accordance with relevant resolutions of the United Nations, withdraws from all the occupied Palestinian and other Arab terri- tories, and until the Palestinian people attains and ex- ercises its inalienable national rights, as affirmed by the General Assembly in resolution 3236 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974, 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; 5. 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 Libera- tion Organization in accordance with General Assembly resolution 3375 (XXX); 6. Urges the parties to the conflict and all other in- terested parties to work towards the achievement of a comprehensive settlement covering all aspects of the problem and worked out with the participation of all parties concerned within the framework of the United Nations; 7. Requests the Security Council, in the exercise of its responsibilities under the Charter, to take all neces- sary measures to ensure the implementation of relevant resolutions of both the Security Council and the Gen- eral Assembly, including Assembly resolution 34/65 A and the present resolution, and to facilitate the achieve- ment of such a comprehensive settlement aiming at the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the region; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to follow the im- plementation of the present resolution, to transmit the records of the thirty-fourth session of the General As- sembly relating to the question of Palestine and the situ- ation in the Middle East to the Security Council and to inform all concerned, including the Co-Chairmen of the Peace Conference on the Middle East;

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