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A/RES/58/292 GA

Status of the Occupied Territory, including East Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

58
Session
140
Yes
6
No
11
Abstentions
Draft symbol A/58/L.61/Rev.1
Adopted symbol A/RES/58/292
Category POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
Voeten Topics ⓘ
P5 Positions
Russia ✓ United States ✗ United Kingdom ✓ China ✓ France ✓
UN Document A/RES/58/292 ↗

Vote Recorded Vote — A/58/PV.87 May 6, 2004

— Abstain (11)
✗ No (6)
Absent (34)
✓ Yes (140)
Speeches following this vote (10) may include explanations of vote
The President
Before giving the floor to speakers in explanation of vote after the vote, may I remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Gallegos Chiriboga (Ecuador)
My delegation wishes to make the following explanation of vote in connection with the draft resolution that has just been put to the vote. Ecuador maintains its traditional position of encouraging a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the Middle East question, in the light of the resolutions adopted by the Security Council in that regard, taking into account the rights of the Palestinian and I…
Mr. Rock (Canada)
Canada regrets to see the addition of yet another resolution to an already lengthy list of resolutions on the Middle East. Canada firmly supports Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 1397 (2002), including the requirement of Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied in 1967. Canada also supports both the full realization of the legitimate right of Palestinians to selfdeterm…
Mr. Matsuura (Japan)
Japan voted in favour of resolution 58/292. The position of the Japanese Government on the Middle East issue is that peace should be sought in accordance with the road map and that final status, including borders, should be resolved strictly through negotiations between the parties.
Mr. Gillerman (Israel)
Israel objected to this futile resolution not because we oppose a negotiated two-State solution to the conflict, as envisaged in the road map, but because we support it. We objected to this resolution because of what it ignores, because of what it misrepresents and because the motive of its primary sponsor in submitting this text was to undermine and prejudge the negotiating process, not to furth…
Mr. Paolillo (Uruguay)
Uruguay decided to vote in favour of the resolution that we have just adopted because we believe that its content simply reiterates the principles and conclusions already adopted by the General Assembly and other United Nations bodies. Thus, the resolution does not in any way prejudge the basis, principles or outcome of the Middle East peace process. We also believe that by adopting the resoluti…
Mr. Rosenthal (Guatemala)
Guatemala abstained in the vote on draft resolution A/58/L.61/Rev.1 because it is our understanding, in spite of the constructive amendments made to the original texts, that it touches on subjects which, pursuant to Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), are to be resolved through negotiations between the parties as final status issues. Nonetheless, we reiterate our commitment t…
The President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the vote. I now give the floor to the Permanent Observer of Palestine.
Mr. Al-Kidwa (State of Palestine)
We would like to express our sincere and profound thanks to all States Members of the United Nations that supported today’s resolution. We thank in particular the sponsors of the resolution, including Malaysia, and the other States that supported it from the outset, such as the members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Non-Aligned Movement, including States from Africa, Asia a…
The President
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 38.
Full text of resolution OCR extract — may contain errors
United Nations A/RES/58/292 General Assembly Distr.: General 17 May 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 38 03 51204 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 May 2004 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.61/Rev.1)] 58/292. Status of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3237 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974, 43/177 of 15 December 1988 and 52/250 of 7 July 1998, Recalling also Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, 1397 (2002) of 12 March 2002 and 1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003, Recalling further the relevant provisions of international law, as well as relevant United Nations resolutions, with regard to Israeli settlements and to Occupied East Jerusalem, Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, Noting that Palestine, in its capacity as observer and pending its attainment of full membership in the United Nations, does not present credentials to the General Assembly, Affirming the need to enable the Palestinian people to exercise sovereignty and to achieve independence in their State, Palestine, 1. Affirms that the status of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, remains one of military occupation, and affirms, in accordance with the rules and principles of international law and relevant resolutions of the United Nations, including Security Council resolutions, that the Palestinian people have the right to self-determination and to sovereignty over their territory and that Israel, the occupying Power, has only the duties and obligations of an occupying Power under the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 19491 and the Regulations annexed to the Hague Convention respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, of 1907;2 _______________ 1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973. 2 See Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915). A/RES/58/292 2 2. Expresses its determination to contribute to the achievement of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and the attainment of a just and comprehensive negotiated peace settlement in the Middle East resulting in two viable, sovereign and independent States, Israel and Palestine, based on the pre-1967 borders and living side by side in peace and security. 87th plenary meeting 6 May 2004
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