A/RES/70/141. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/141
• Year: 2015
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/70/141

General Assembly

Distr.: General

5 February 2016

Seventieth session

Agenda item 71

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2015

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/70/488)]

70/141. The righ t of t he Palestinia n peop le to self -deter minati on

The General Assembl y,

Aware t hat the d evelopm ent of f riendly relat ions am ong nati ons, bas ed on

respe ct for the principl e of equal r ights and se lf-dete rminatio n of peoples , is among

the p urposes and pri nciples of the U nited N ations, as defin ed in th e Chart er,

Reca llin g, in th is re gard, its re solution 2 625 (XX V) of 24 O ctober 19 70,

entit led “D eclarati on on P rinciple s of Inte rnationa l Law co ncerning F riendly

Rela tions an d Coope ration a mong St ates in accorda nce with the Ch arter o f the

Unit ed Natio ns”,

Bear ing in mind the Interna tional Covenan ts on Human Right s,

1

the Unive rsal

Decl aration of Human Right s,

2

the Decla ration on the G ranting of Indepen dence to

Colo nial Cou ntries a nd Peopl es

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and the Vienna Declara tion and Progra mme of

Acti on adopt ed at th e World Co nference on Hu man Rig hts on 2 5 June 1993,

4

Reca llin g the Declar ation on the Occasi on o f t he F iftieth Anni versary of the

Unit ed Natio ns,

5

Reca lling al so the United N ations Millenni um Decl aration,

6

Recall ing furt her the advis ory opi nion ren dered o n 9 Jul y 2004 b y the

Interna tional C ourt of Justice on the legal conseque nces of the co nstruction of a wall

in the Occupied Palestinia n Territory,

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and noting in part icular the rep ly of t he Cour t,

inclu ding on the rig ht of pe oples to self-d etermina tion, wh ich is a right erga om nes,

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Reca llin g the conclusi on of the Court , in its advisor y opi nion of 9 July 2004,

that the co nstructi on of t he wall by Israel, th e o ccupying Po wer, in the Occupi ed

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1

Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

2

Resolution 217 A (III).

3

Resolution 1514 (XV).

4

A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.

5

Resolution 50/6.

6

Resolution 55/2.

7

See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1.

8

Ibid., advisory opinion, para. 88.