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A/RES/54/39 GA

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People

54
Session
105
Yes
3
No
48
Abstentions
Draft symbol A/54/L.42
Adopted symbol A/RES/54/39
Category POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
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UN Document A/RES/54/39 ↗

Vote Recorded VoteA/54/PV.68 Dec. 1, 1999

— Abstain (48)
✗ No (3)
Absent (32)
✓ Yes (105)
Speeches following this vote (7) may include explanations of vote
The Acting President
We turn next to draft resolution A/54/L.44, entitled “Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the United Nations Secretariat”. I would like to inform the Assembly that the following additional Member States have become sponsors of the draft resolution: Bahrain, Mali, Namibia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Togo and Viet Nam. A recorded vote has …
The Acting President
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A/54/L.45, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. I would like to inform the Assembly that the following additional Member States have become sponsors of the draft resolution: Bahrain, Mali, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, Togo and Viet Nam. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently, the delegation of Barbados informe…
The Acting President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to speak in explanation of vote on the resolutions just adopted. May I remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Macedo (Mexico)
My delegation voted in favour of draft resolution A/54/L.45 because it believes that a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine is one of the elements that is vital to the settlement of the Middle East conflict. However, I would like to reiterate the following regarding the content of operative paragraph 3. Above and beyond that basic principle, there is the general principle of internat…
Ms. Korpi (Finland)
I have the honour of explaining the vote of the European Union on the draft resolutions concerning the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, contained in document A/54/L.42, and the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat, contained in document A/54/L.43. Important progress has been made in the Middle East peace process over the years with a vi…
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the voting. The Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 44. I give the floor to the observer of Palestine.
Mr. Al-Kidwa (State of Palestine)
I wish to convey our sincere thanks to all the Member States that supported the resolutions just adopted under the agenda items “Question of Palestine” and “The situation in the Middle East”. In particular, I wish to express our thanks to the Chairman and members of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and to the States that sponsored these resolutions…
Full text of resolution OCR extract — may contain errors
1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/54/35). 00 23610 /... UNITED A NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/54/39 20 January 2000 Fifty-fourth session Agenda item 44 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/54/L.42 and Add.1)] 54/39. Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People 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, 50/84 A of 15 December 1995, 51/23 of 4 December 1996, 52/49 of 9 December 1997 and 53/39 of 2 December 1998, Having considered the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,1 A/RES/54/39 Page 2 2 A/48/486–S/26560, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-eighth Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1993, document S/26560. 3 A/51/889–S/1997/357, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-second Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1997, document S/1997/357. /... Recalling 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, the representative of the Palestinian people, in Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993,2 as well as the subsequent implementation agreements, in particular the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, signed in Washington, D.C., on 28 September 1995,3 and the Memorandum signed at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 4 September 1999, 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 Middle East peace process and the full implementation of the agreements reached and to mobilize international support for and assistance to the Palestinian people during the transitional period; 3. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee contained in chapter VII of its report;1 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-fifth session and thereafter; 6. Requests the Committee to continue to extend its cooperation and support to Palestinian and other non-governmental organizations in order to mobilize international solidarity and support for the achievement by the Palestinian people of its inalienable rights and for a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, and to involve additional non-governmental organizations in its work; A/RES/54/39 Page 3 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. 68th plenary meeting 1 December 1999
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