A/RES/65/13 GA
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
65
Session
112
Yes
9
No
54
Abstentions
| Draft symbol | A/65/L.14 |
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| Adopted symbol | A/RES/65/13 |
| Category | POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS |
| Voeten Topics ⓘ | |
| Significance | ★ Important vote US State Dept designation |
| P5 Positions |
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| UN Document | A/RES/65/13 ↗ |
Vote Recorded Vote — A/65/PV.55
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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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El Salvador
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Estonia
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Finland
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France
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Georgia
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Germany
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Greece
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Guatemala
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Hungary
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Iceland
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Ireland
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Italy
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Latvia
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Liechtenstein
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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Monaco
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Montenegro
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Netherlands
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New Zealand
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Norway
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Panama
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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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Moldova
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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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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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North Macedonia
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Tonga
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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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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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Botswana
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Brazil
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Brunei Darussalam
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Burkina Faso
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Cambodia
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Chile
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China
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Comoros
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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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Dominican Republic
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Ecuador
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Egypt
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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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Grenada
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Guinea
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Guinea-Bissau
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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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Kenya
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Kuwait
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Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Lebanon
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Lesotho
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Liberia
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Libya
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Madagascar
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Malawi
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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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Nicaragua
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Niger
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Nigeria
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Oman
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Pakistan
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Paraguay
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Philippines
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Qatar
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Saint Lucia
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Saudi Arabia
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Senegal
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Sierra Leone
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Singapore
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Solomon Islands
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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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Eswatini
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Syrian Arab Republic
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Tajikistan
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Thailand
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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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Tuvalu
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Uganda
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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 (13)
The President
We turn next to draft resolution A/65/L.15, entitled “Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat”. I now give the floor to the representative of the Secretariat.
Mr. Botnaru
Since the introduction of draft resolution A/65/L.15, Cyprus and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela have become sponsors.
The President
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A/65/L.15. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently, the delegation of Kyrgyzstan advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.]
The President
We turn now to draft resolution A/65/L.16, entitled “Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat”. I give the floor to the representative of the Secretariat.
Mr. Botnaru
Since the introduction of draft resolution A/65/L.16, Cyprus and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela have become sponsors.
The President
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A/65/L.16. A recorded vote has been requested.
A recorded vote was taken.
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bots…
The President
The Assembly will now turn to draft resolution A/65/L.17, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. I give the floor to the representative of the Secretariat.
Mr. Botnaru
Since the introduction of draft resolution A/65/L.17, Maldives and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela have become sponsors.
The President
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A/65/L.17. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently, the delegation of Kyrgyzstan advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.]
The President
Before giving the floor to speakers in explanation of vote after the voting, may I remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
As it does every year, Israel voted against the draft resolutions under agenda item 37, on the question of Palestine. Our position has not changed precisely because the one-sided language and one-sided narrative of those resolutions remains the same. Indeed, they are completely divorced from reality. Let me give three examples.
The first concerns resolution 65/16, entitled “Peaceful settlement o…
With respect to the situation in the Middle East, the United States is working vigorously towards a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace, resulting in two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security. In that context, we are disheartened to be presented with unbalanced resolutions that place demands on Israel but fail to acknowledge the obligations and difficult steps requi…
The President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the voting.
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 37.
Full text of resolution
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A/RES/65/13
General Assembly
Distr.: General
25 January 2011
Sixty-fifth session
Agenda item 37
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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 30 November 2010
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/65/L.14 and Add.1)]
65/13. 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 its
subsequent relevant resolutions, including those adopted at its emergency special
sessions and its resolution 64/16 of 2 December 2009,
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,0F1
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,
Affirming its support for the Middle East peace process on the basis of the
relevant United Nations resolutions, the terms of reference of the Madrid
Conference, including the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative
adopted by the Council of the League of Arab States at its fourteenth session 1F2 and
the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, endorsed by the Security Council in resolution 1515 (2003) of
19 November 2003, 2F3
Recalling 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
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1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/65/35).
2 A/56/1026-S/2002/932, annex II, resolution 14/221.
3 S/2003/529, annex.
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Occupied Palestinian Territory,
3F 4 and recalling also its resolutions ES-10/15 of
20 July 2004 and ES-10/17 of 15 December 2006,
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
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;
2.
Requests the Committee to continue to exert all efforts to promote the
realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to
self-determination, 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-sixth 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 and to continue to
involve additional civil society organizations and parliamentarians in its work in
order to mobilize international solidarity and support for the Palestinian people,
particularly during this critical period of political instability, humanitarian hardship
and financial crisis, with the overall aim of promoting the achievement by the
Palestinian people of its inalienable rights and a just, lasting and peaceful settlement
of the question of Palestine, the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict, on the basis of the
relevant United Nations resolutions, the terms of reference of the Madrid
Conference, including the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative2 and
the Quartet road map;3
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;
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4 See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136.
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Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the
Committee with all the necessary facilities for the performance of its tasks.
55th plenary meeting
30 November 2010
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