A/RES/59/28 GA
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
59
Session
104
Yes
7
No
63
Abstentions
| Draft symbol | A/59/L.34 |
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| Adopted symbol | A/RES/59/28 |
| Category | POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS |
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| UN Document | A/RES/59/28 ↗ |
Vote Recorded Vote — A/59/PV.64
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Burundi
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Portugal
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Republic of Korea
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Moldova
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Romania
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Spain
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Thailand
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North Macedonia
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Tonga
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Ukraine
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Uruguay
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Vanuatu
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Afghanistan
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Algeria
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Argentina
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Armenia
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Azerbaijan
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Bahrain
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Bangladesh
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Belarus
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Belize
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Benin
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Bhutan
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Plurinational State of Bolivia
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Brazil
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Cambodia
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Central African Republic
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Chile
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China
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Colombia
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Cuba
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Cyprus
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Dominica
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Ecuador
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Egypt
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El Salvador
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Eritrea
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Ethiopia
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Fiji
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Gabon
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Gambia
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Ghana
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Guinea
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Guyana
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India
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Indonesia
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Islamic Republic of Iran
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Iraq
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Jamaica
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Jordan
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Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Libya
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Mali
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Oman
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Saudi Arabia
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Senegal
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Singapore
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Sudan
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Togo
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United Arab Emirates
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United Republic of Tanzania
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Uzbekistan
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Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
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Viet Nam
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Yemen
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Zambia
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Zimbabwe
Speeches following this vote (7)
The Acting President
We turn next to draft resolution A/59/L.35, entitled “Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat”. A recorded vote has been requested.
The Acting President
We turn next to draft resolution A/59/L.36, entitled “Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat”. A recorded vote has been requested.
The Acting President
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A/59/L.37, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. A recorded vote has been requested.
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.
Our delegation wishes to explain its vote in favour of draft resolution A/59/L.37, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela voted in favour of the resolution because we believe that the right to selfdetermination is an inalienable right of all peoples. Therefore, the Palestinian people, whose territory is occupied by Israe…
Canada voted against draft resolution A/59/L.34 because of serious reservations we have about the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
Canada has consistently supported the rights of the Palestinian people — including the right to selfdetermination and to a Palestinian State — and we will continue to do so until those rights are realized through a negoti…
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the vote. The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 37.
Full text of resolution
United Nations
A/RES/59/28
General Assembly
Distr.: General
31 January 2005
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 37
04-47788
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 1 December 2004
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.34 and Add.1)]
59/28.
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 and all subsequent
relevant resolutions, including those adopted by the General Assembly at its
emergency special sessions and resolution 58/18 of 3 December 2003,
Recalling also its resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004,
Having considered the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the
Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,1
Recalling the mutual recognition between the Government of the State of
Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the
Palestinian people, as well as the existing agreements between the two sides and the
need for full compliance with those agreements,
Recalling also the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State solution to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict,2
Recalling further the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the
International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a
Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 3 and recalling also its resolution
ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004,
Reaffirming that the United Nations has a permanent responsibility towards 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
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1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/59/35).
2 S/2003/529, annex.
3 See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1.
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assigned to it by the General Assembly, and takes note of its annual report,1
including the conclusions and recommendations contained in chapter VII thereof;
2.
Requests the Committee to continue to exert all efforts to promote the
realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, to support the Middle
East peace process and to mobilize international support for and assistance to the
Palestinian people, and authorizes the Committee to make such adjustments in its
approved programme of work as it may consider appropriate and necessary in the
light of developments and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixtieth
session and thereafter;
3.
Also 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, the Security Council or the Secretary-General, as appropriate;
4.
Further requests the Committee to continue to extend its cooperation and
support to Palestinian and other civil society 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 civil society organizations in its work;
5.
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;
6.
Invites all Governments and organizations to extend their cooperation to
the Committee in the performance of its tasks;
7.
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;
8.
Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the
Committee with all the necessary facilities for the performance of its tasks.
64th plenary meeting
1 December 2004
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