A/RES/73/99. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Year: 2018
• Resolution Number: A/RES/73/99
• Session: 73rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /73/ 99

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

18 D ecember 2018

18-214 38 (E) 201218

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Seventy -third sess ion

Agen da item 55

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 7 December 2018

[on th e report of the Spec ial Poli tical and Decoloni zation Co mmittee

(Four th Co mmittee) (A/73/52 4)]

73/99. Israeli prac tices affecting the human rig hts of the Palesti nian

people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including

East Je rusalem

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g th e Unive rsal Dec laration of Hum an Righ ts,

1

Reca lling also the In ternatio nal Covena nt on Civil and Poli tical Right s,

2

the

Inter nationa l Covenan t on Econ omic, Soc ial and Cu ltural R ights2 a nd the Con vention

on the Ri ghts o f the Child,

3

and affirm ing th at thes e hum an rig hts ins trument s must

be re spected in the Occupie d Palest inian Terri tory, incl uding Ea st Jeru salem,

Reaffirm ing its rel evant r esolutio ns, in cluding resolu tion 72/87 of 7 De cember

2017 , as wel l as tho se adopt ed at it s tenth emergenc y speci al sessio n,

Reca llin g th e releva nt reso lutions o f the H uman Ri ghts Cou ncil,

Reca lling als o the rele vant resol utions of the Secur ity Counc il, and str essing th e

need for the ir imple mentatio n,

Havi ng c onsidere d th e re port of the Special Com mittee to Invest igate Israel i

Prac tices Aff ecting the H uman Rights of t he Pal estinian Peop le a nd Ot her Arab s of

the Occupie d Territor ies

4

and the re port o f the Secretar y-Gene ral on the w ork of the

Spec ial Com mittee,

5

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1

Resolut ion 21 7 A (III).

2

See res olution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

3

United Nations , Treaty Serie s, vol . 1577, No. 27 531.

4

A/73/49 9.

5

A/73/42 0.