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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
Adopted symbol A/RES/59/28
Category POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
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UN Document A/RES/59/28 ↗

Vote Recorded VoteA/59/PV.64 Dec. 1, 2004

— Abstain (63)
✗ No (7)
Absent (17)
✓ Yes (104)
Speeches following this vote (7) may include explanations of vote
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.
Ms. Núñez de Odremán (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela)
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…
Mr. Berry (Canada)
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 OCR extract — may contain errors
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 _______________ 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. A/RES/59/28 2 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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