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7. Urges the Security Council, in the event of continued failure by Israel to comply with the demands contained in resolutions 508 (1982) and 509 (1982),' to meet in order to consider practical ways and means in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations; 8. Calls upon all States and international agencies and organizations to continue to provide the most extensive humanitarian aid possible to the victims of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, 9. Requests the Secretary-General to delegate a high- level commission to investigate and assess the extent of loss of human life and material damage and to report, as soon as possible, on the result of this investigation to the General Assembly and the Security Councilf 10. Decides to adjourn the seventh emergency special session temporarily and to authorize the President of the latest regular session of the General Assenoly to resume its meetings upon request from Member States. FS-7/6. Question of Palestine The General Assembly, 24th plenary meeting 26 June 1982 Having considered the question of Palestine at its resumed seventh emergency special session, Having heard the statement of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people, W Guided by the purposes and principles of the United Nations, in particular the respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, º of the functions of the Security Council during its meetings relevant to the situation in the Middle Fast, in particular since 4 June 1982, Expressing its deep regret that the Security Council has, so far, failed to take effective and practical measures in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations to ensure implementation of its resolutions 508 (1982) of 5 June 1982 and 50 9 (1982) of 6 June 1982, Alarmed that the situation in the Middle Fast has further worsened as a result. of Israel's acts of aggression against the sovereignty of Lebanon and the Palestinian people in Lebanon, Guided further by the purposes and principles of the United Nations, in particular to take effective collective measures for the prevention and renoval of threats to the peace and for the suppresion of acts of aggression, ill A/ES-7/PV.25, p. 7. -9- Mindful of the humanitarian principles and provisions of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 14/ and Additional Protocol I thereto 15/ and the obligations arising from the regulations annexed to the Hague Conventions of 1907, 16/ Reaffirming its conviction that the question of Palestine is the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict and that no comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the region will be achieved without the full exercise by the Palestinian people of its inalienable rights in Palestine, Reaffirming once again that a just and comprehensive settlement of the situation in the Middle East cannot be achieved without the participation on an equal footing of all the parties to the·conflict, including the Palestine Liberation Organization as the representative of the Palestinian people, Expressing its indignation at the continuation and intensification of military activities by Israel within Lebanon, particularly in and around Beirut, Recalling all its resolutions relevant to the question of Palestine, Recalling Security Council resolutions 508 (1982) of 5 June 1982, 509 (1982) of 6 June 1982, 511 (1982) of 18 June 1982, 512 (1982) of 19 June 1982, 513 (1982) of 4 July 1982, 515 (1982) of 29 July 1982, 516 (1982) of 1 August 1982, 517 (1982) of 4 August 1982 and 518 (1982) of 12 August 1982, l. Reiterates its affirmation of the fundamental' principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by fore¶, 2. Calls for the free exercise in Palestine of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination without external interference and to national independence, 3. Reaffirms its rejection of all policies and pla-ns aiming at the resettlement of the Palestinians outside their homeland, 4. Demands that Israel respect and carry out the provisions of the previous resolutions of the General Assembly relating to the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories, including Jerusalem, as well as the provisions of Security Council resolution 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980, in which the Council, inter alia: (!,) Determined that all measures taken by Israel to change the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure or status of the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, or any part thereof had no legal validity and that Israel's policy and practices of settling parts of its population and new immigrants in those territories !!/ United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, N:>s. 970-973. 15/ A/32/144, annex I. !§./ Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford university Press, 1915). -10- constituted a flagrant violation of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of war, of 12 August 1949, 17/ and also constituted a serious obstruction to achieving a comprehensive, jurt and lasting peace in.the Middle Bast, (B:,) strongly deplored the continuation and persistence of Israel in pursuing th088 policies and practices and called upon the Government and people of Israel to rescind th0se measures, to dismantle the existing settlements and in particular to cease, on an urgent basis, the establishment, construction and planning of settlements in the Arab texritoriea occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, s. Demands also that Israel carry out the provisions of Security Council resolutions 509 (1982) , 511 (1982) , 512 (1982) , 513 (1982) , 515 (1982) , 516 (1982), 517 (1982) and 518 (1982), 6• Urges t he Secreta.r:y-General, with the concurrence of the Security Council and the Government of Lebanon and pending the withdrawal of Israel from Lebanon, to undertake effective mea sures to guarantee the safety and security of the Palestinian and Lebanese civilian population in South Lebanon, 7. Condemns Israel for its non-oomplianee with reaolutioua of the Security Council, in defiance of Article 25 of the Charter of the United Nations, 8. Urges once again the Security eo,mcil, in the event of continued failure by Israel to comply with the demands contained in its reaolutions 465 (1980), 508 (1982), 509 (1982) , 515 (1982) and 518 U.982), to meet in order to consider practical ways and means in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, 9. Requests once again the Secretary-General to delegf;\t• a high-level commission to investigate and make an up-to-date assessment of the extent of loss of human life and ma terial damage and to report, aa soon as possible, on the result of this investióation to the General Asselllbly and the Security Council, 10. Requests the Secretary-General and organizations of the United Nations system, in co-operation with the International Coaittee of the Red Cross and other non-governmental. organizations, to investigate the atrict: application by Israel of the provisions of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and other instruments in the case of those detained, 11. Calls once again upon the Secretary-General to initiate contacts with all the parties to the ôrab-Israeli conflict .in the Middle East, including the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people,. with a view to convening an international conference, under the auspices of the United Nations, tv f ind concrete ways and means of aohieying a comprehensive, just and lasting solution, conducive to peace in conformity with the principles of the Charter and relevant resolutions,. 17/ United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, H::,. 973, p. 287. -11- 12. Decides to adjourn the seventh emergency special session temporarily and to authorize the President of the latest regular session of the General Assembly to resume its meetings upon request from Member States. a-7/7. International Conference on the Question of Palestine 'l'he General Assembly. 31st plenary meeting 19 August 1982 :Recalling its resolution 36/120 c of 10 December 1981, by which it decided to convene an International Conference on the Question of Palestine, not later than 1984, for a comprehensive effort to seek effective ways and means to enable the Palestinian people to attain and exercise its rights, Deeply alarmed at the explosive situation in the Middle East resulting from the Israeli aggression against the sovereign State of Lebanon and the Palestinian people, which poses a threat to international peace and security, Deeply aware of the responsibility of the United Nations under its Charter for the mai.ntenance of international peace, Gravely concerned that no just solution to the problem of Palestine has been achieved and that this problem therefore continues to aggravate the Middle East conflict, of which it is the core, and to endanger international peace and security, Taking note ·of the final communique of the Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting of the Co-ordinating Bureau of the NQn-Aligned Countries on the Question of Palestine, held at Nicosia from 15 to 17 July 1982, 18/ Recognizing the need to intensify all efforts by the international community to enable the Palestinian people to attain and exercise its inalienable rights as defined and reaffirmed in United Nations resolutions, Stressing the importance of the work of the Preparatory Committee for the International Conference on the Question of Palestine and the need for securing the broadest possible involvement of Member States in the preparatory processes leading up to the Conference, and in the Conference itself, 1. Decides to convene the International Conference on the Question of Palestine at the headquarters of the United Nations F.ducational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in Paris, from 16 to 27 August l983J 2. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that adequate resources from the regular budget of the United Nations are provided urgently in order to enable the successful holding of the Conference and to carry out the necessary preparations for and follow-up activities to the Conference, 18/ A/37/366-S/15727, annex. -12-

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