Resolution nº E/RES/2019/29 of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. 02-08-2019

• Date: 02 August 2019
• Issuer: Economic and Social Council of the United Nation

United Nations

E

/RES /201 9/29

Economic and Social Council

Distr. : Genera l

2 Augu st 2019

19-129 32 (E) 050819

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2019 se ssion

Agen da item 16

Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council

on 23 July 2019

[on a proposal co nsidered i n plenary meeting (E/2019 /L.2 6)]

2019/29. Economic and social re percussions of the Israeli occupatio n

on the livi ng conditions of the Pale stin ian people in the O ccupie d

Palestinian Territory, incl uding East J erusalem, and the Arab

popula tion i n the occupi ed Syr ian Golan

The Economi c and So cial Cou ncil,

Reca llin g Ge neral Ass embly re solutio ns 73/9 8 of 7 Dece mber 201 8 and 7 3/2 55

of 20 Decemb er 2018 ,

Reca lling al so its r esolutio n 2018 /20 of 24 Ju ly 2018,

Guid ed by the prin ciples of the Cha rter of the United N ations affir ming the

inad missibil ity of the acquisit ion of ter ritory b y force, a nd recall ing rele vant Secu rity

Coun cil reso lutions, inc luding r esolutio ns 242 (19 67) of 2 2 N ovember 196 7,

252 ( 1968 ) o f 21 M ay 1968 , 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, 465 (1 980) o f 1 Mar ch

1980 , 497 (1 981) of 17 Dec ember 19 81 and 2334 (2 016) of 23 Dec ember 2 016,

Reca llin g t he resol utions of the t enth em ergency special sessio n of th e Gener al

Asse mbly, inc luding reso lutions ES-10/ 13 of 2 1 Octob er 200 3, ES-10 /14 of

8 Dece mber 20 03, ES-10/1 5 o f 20 Jul y 2004 a nd ES-10/ 17 of 15 De cember 2006,

Taking note of the report of the Econo mic and Social Commi ssion f or Wester n

Asia on the e conomic and soc ial repe rcussio ns of the Israeli occupat ion on t he livin g

cond itions of the Palest inian people in the Occup ied Pal estinian Territory, includi ng

East Je rusalem, and of the Arab p opulati on in the occu pied S yrian Gola n, as

tran smitted by the S ecretar y-Gener al,

1

Reaf firm ing the appli cability o f the Genev a Conv ention relati ve to the

Prote ction of Civ ilian P ersons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,

2

to the Oc cupied

Pale stinian Territor y, includi ng Ea st Je rusalem, and othe r Arab terri tories occup ied

by Is rael sin ce 1967 ,

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1

A/74/88 -E/2 019 /72 .

2

United Nations , Treaty Serie s, vol . 75, N o. 973 .