S/13984 SC

The Security Council, Recalling the Fourth Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949) and in particular article 27 which reads: "Protected persons shall at all times be humanely treated, and shall be protected especially against all acts of violence or threats thereof;" Reaffirming the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War to the Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, And recalling also its resolutions 468 (1980), 465 (1980), by which the Council determined that all measures taken by Israel to change the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure or status of the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, have no legal validity and constitute a flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and that these constitute an obstruction to achieving a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, Deeply concerned that the Jewish settlers in the occupied Arab territories are allowed to carry arms, thus enabling them to perpetrate crimes against the civilian Arab population, Condemns the assassination attempts on the lives of the mayors of Nablus, Ramallah and Al Bireh and calls for the immediate apprehension and prosecution of the perpetrators of these crimes. provide adequate protection to the civilian population in Israel, as occupying Power, in the occupied territories has failed Protection of Civilian Persons in conformity with the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention in Time of War (1949); Calls upon the Government of Israel to provide the victims of these crimes with adequate compensation for the damages suffered; Calls again upon the Government of Israel to respect the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention and relevant resolutions of the Security Council; Calls once again upon all States not to provide Israel with settlements in the occupied territories; Reaffirms the overriding necessity to end the prolonged occupation of Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967; Requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution.

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