A/RES/56/32. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2001

• Resolution Number: A/RES/56/32
• Year: 2001
• Session: 56th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/56/32

General Assembly Distr.: General

18 December 2001

Fifty-sixth session

Agenda item 42

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/56/L.24 and Add.1)]

56/32. The Syrian Golan

The Genera l Assembly,

Having considered the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East”,

Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,

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Recalling Security Council resolution 497 (1981) of 17 Dece mber 1981,

Reaffirming the funda mental principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition

of territory by force, in accordance with international law and the Charter of the

United Nations,

Reaffirming on ce more the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to

the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,

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to the

occupied Syrian Golan,

Deeply concerned that Israel has not withdrawn from the Syrian Golan, which

has been under occupation since 1967, contrary to the relevant Security Council and

General Assembly resolutions,

Stressing the illegality of the Israeli settlement construction and activities in

the occupied Syrian Golan since 1967,

Noting with satisfaction the convening in Madrid on 30 October 1991 of the

Peace Conference on the Middle East, on the basis of Security Council resolutions

242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 and 4 25 (1978) of

19 March 1978 and the for mula of land for peace,

Expressing grave concern over the halt in the peace process on the Syrian

track, and expressing the hope that peace talks will soon resume from the point they

had reached,

1. Declares that Israel has failed so far to comply with Security Council

resolution 497 (1981);

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1 A/56/480.

2 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.