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The Security Council,
Taking note of the reports of the Commission of the Security Council established
under resolution 446 (1979) to examine the situation relating to settlements in
the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, contained in
documents S/13450 and Corr. 1 and S/13679,
Taking note also of letters from the Permanent Representative of Jordan
(S/13801) and the Permanent Representative of Morocco, Chairman of the Islamic
Group (S/13802),
Strongly deploring the refusal by Israel to co-operate with the Commission and
regretting its formal rejection of resolutions 446 (1979) and 452 (1979),
Affirming once more that the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection
of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 is applicable to the Arab
territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem,
Deploring the decision of the Government of Israel to officially support Israeli
settlement in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967,
Deeply concerned over the practices of the Israeli authorities in implementing
that settlement policy in the occupied Arab territories, including Jerusalem,
and its consequences for the local Arab and Palestinian population,
Taking into account the need to consider measures for the impartial protection
of private and public land and property, and water resources,
Bearing in mind the specific status of Jerusalem and, in particular, the need
for protection and preservation of the unique spiritual and religious dimension
of the Holy Places in the city,
Drawing attention to the grave consequences which the settlement policy is bound
to have on any attempt to reach a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the
Middle East,
Recalling pertinent Security Council resolutions, specifically resolutions 237
(1967) of 14 June 1967, 252 (1968) of 21 May 1968, 267 (1969) of 3 July 1969,
271 (1969) of 15 September 1969 and 298 (1971) of 25 September 1971, as well as
the consensus statement made by the President of the Security Council on 11
November 1976,
Having invited Mr. Fahd Qawasmeh, Mayor of Al-Khalil (Hebron), in the occupied
territory, to supply it with information pursuant to rule 39 of the provisional
rules of procedure,
1. Commends the work done by the Commission in preparing the report contained in
document S/13679;
2. Accepts the conclusions and recommendations contained in the above-mentioned
report of the Commission;
3. Calls upon all parties, particularly the Government of Israel, to co-operate
with the Commission;
4. Strongly deplores the decision of Israel to prohibit the free travel of Mayor
Fahd Qawasmeh in order to appear before the Security Council, and requests
Israel to permit his free travel to the United Nations headquarters for that
purpose;
5. Determines that all measures taken by Israel to change the physical
character, demographic composition, institutional structure or status of the
Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem,
or any part thereof, have no legal validity and that Israel's policy and
practices of settling parts of its population and new immigrants in those
territories constitute a flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War and also
constitute a serious obstruction to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting
peace in the Middle East;
6. Strongly deplores the continuation and persistence of Israel in pursuing
those policies and practices and calls upon the Government and people of Israel
to rescind those measures, to dismantle the existing settlements and in
particular to cease, on an urgent basis, the establishment, construction and
planning of settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including
Jerusalem;
7. Calls upon all States not to provide Israel with any assistance to be used
specifically in connexion with settlements in the occupied territories;
8. Requests the Commission to continue to examine the situation relating to
settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, to
investigate the reported serious depletion of natural resources, particularly
the water resources, with a view to ensuring the protection of those important
natural resources of the territories under occupation, and to keep under close
scrutiny the implementation of the present resolution;
9. Requests the Commission to report to the Security Council before 1 September
1980, and decides to convene at the earliest possible date thereafter in order
to consider the report and the full implementation of the present resolution. |