A/RES/61/22 GA
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
61
Session
101
Yes
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No
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Abstentions
| Draft symbol | A/61/L.31 |
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| Adopted symbol | A/RES/61/22 |
| Category | POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS |
| Voeten Topics ⓘ | |
| Significance | ★ Important vote US State Dept designation |
| P5 Positions |
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| UN Document | A/RES/61/22 ↗ |
Vote Recorded Vote — A/61/PV.63
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Albania
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Andorra
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Austria
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Belgium
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bulgaria
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Cameroon
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Colombia
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Croatia
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Czechia
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Denmark
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Dominican Republic
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Fiji
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Finland
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France
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Georgia
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Greece
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Guatemala
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Hungary
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Italy
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Japan
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Latvia
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Liechtenstein
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Lithuania
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Malawi
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Moldova
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Monaco
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Montenegro
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Nauru
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Netherlands
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New Zealand
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Nicaragua
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Norway
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Papua New Guinea
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Peru
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Poland
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Portugal
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Republic of Korea
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Romania
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Russian Federation
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Samoa
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San Marino
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Serbia
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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Solomon Islands
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Thailand
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North Macedonia
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Tonga
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Uganda
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Ukraine
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Uruguay
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Vanuatu
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Afghanistan
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Algeria
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Angola
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Argentina
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Armenia
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Azerbaijan
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Bahamas
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Bahrain
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Bangladesh
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Barbados
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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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Brunei Darussalam
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Burkina Faso
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Burundi
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Cambodia
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Cabo Verde
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Central African Republic
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Chile
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China
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Comoros
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Congo
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Costa Rica
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Côte d'Ivoire
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Cuba
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Cyprus
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Djibouti
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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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Ghana
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Grenada
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Guinea
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Guyana
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Haiti
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Honduras
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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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Kazakhstan
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Kuwait
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Kyrgyzstan
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Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Lebanon
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Liberia
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Libya
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Malaysia
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Maldives
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Mali
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Malta
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Mauritania
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Mauritius
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Mexico
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Morocco
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Mozambique
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Myanmar
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Namibia
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Nepal
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Niger
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Nigeria
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Oman
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Pakistan
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Panama
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Paraguay
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Philippines
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Qatar
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Saudi Arabia
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Senegal
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Seychelles
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Sierra Leone
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Singapore
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Somalia
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South Africa
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Sri Lanka
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Sudan
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Suriname
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Syrian Arab Republic
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Tajikistan
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Togo
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Tunisia
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Türkiye
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Turkmenistan
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United Arab Emirates
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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
Speeches following this vote (6)
The President
We turn next to draft resolution A/61/L.32, entitled “Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat”. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently the delegations of Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho advised the Secretariat that they had intended to vote in favour, and the delegation of Nauru advised that it had intended to vote against.]
The President
We turn next to draft resolution A/61/L.33, entitled “Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat”. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently the delegations of Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho advised the Secretariat that they had intended to vote in favour.]
The President
We turn next to draft resolution A/61/L.34, as orally revised, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently the delegations of Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho advised the Secretariat that they had intended to vote in favour.]
I just want to thank all those who voted in favour of these resolutions, as well as to say that this is another indication of the massive support of the international community for a just and peaceful solution on the basis of two States and for moving the peace process forward. We hope that one Member State will take note of these votes and listen to the overwhelming decision of the international…
The President
We have thus concluded this stage of our consideration of agenda item 14.
Full text of resolution
United Nations
A/RES/61/22
General Assembly
Distr.: General
24 January 2007
Sixty-first session
Agenda item 14
06-49575
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 1 December 2006
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/61/L.31 and Add.1)]
61/22. 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 60/36 of 1 December 2005,
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, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/61/35).
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 valuable recommendations contained in chapter VII
thereof;
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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 sixty-
second 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 Palestinian people, particularly during
this critical period of humanitarian hardship and financial crisis, with the overall
aim of promoting the achievement by the Palestinian people of its inalienable rights
and for a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, and to continue 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.
63rd plenary meeting
1 December 2006
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