With a recorded vote of 124 nations in favour, 14 in opposition to, and 43 abstentions, the decision requires Israel to adjust to worldwide regulation and withdraw its army forces, instantly stop all new settlement exercise, evacuate all settlers from occupied land, and dismantle elements of the separation wall it constructed contained in the occupied West Financial institution.
The Common Meeting additional demanded that Israel return land and different “immovable property”, in addition to all belongings seized for the reason that occupation started in 1967, and all cultural property and belongings taken from Palestinians and Palestinian establishments.
The decision additionally calls for Israel enable all Palestinians displaced in the course of the occupation to return to their place of birth and make reparation for the injury attributable to its occupation.
The decision stems from the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in July, by which the Courtroom declared that Israel’s continued presence within the Territory “is illegal”, and that “all States are below an obligation to not acknowledge” the decades-long occupation.
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Risk to peace and safety
The Meeting “strongly deplored the continued and whole disregard and breaches” by the Authorities of Israel of its obligations below the UN Charter, worldwide regulation and UN resolutions, stressing that such breaches “critically threaten” regional and worldwide peace and safety.
It additionally acknowledged that Israel “should be held to account for any violations” of worldwide regulation within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with of worldwide humanitarian and human rights legal guidelines.
The textual content says Israel “should bear the authorized penalties of all its internationally wrongful acts, together with by making reparation for the damage, together with any injury, attributable to such acts.”
The Common Meeting highlighted the necessity for the institution of a global mechanism for reparations to deal with injury, loss, or damage attributable to Israel’s actions.
It additionally referred to as for creating a global register of harm brought about, to doc proof and associated claims.
Worldwide convention
The decision additionally features a choice to convene a global convention in the course of the Meeting’s present session to implement UN resolutions pertaining to the query of Palestine and the two-State answer for the achievement of a simply, lasting and complete peace within the Center East.
Moreover, the Meeting requested the UN Secretary-Common to current proposals for a mechanism to observe up on Israel’s violations of article 3 of the Worldwide Conference on the Elimination of All Types of Racial Discrimination, as recognized by the ICJ.
Article 3 refers to racial segregation and apartheid and the enterprise by Worldwide Conference’s States Events to stop, prohibit and eradicate all practices of this nature in territories below their jurisdiction.
Common Meeting votes on a draft decision on the ICJ advisory opinion.
Name on States
In its decision, the Common Meeting referred to as upon all UN Member States to adjust to their obligations below worldwide regulation and take concrete steps to deal with Israel’s ongoing presence within the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The Meeting urged States to chorus from recognizing Israel’s presence within the Territory as lawful and to make sure that they don’t present support or help in sustaining the state of affairs created by the occupation. This contains taking measures to stop their nationals, corporations, and entities below their jurisdiction from partaking in actions that assist or maintain Israel’s occupation.
Moreover, the Meeting referred to as on States to stop importing merchandise originating from Israeli settlements and to halt the switch of arms, munitions, and associated gear to Israel in circumstances the place there are cheap grounds to suspect they might be used within the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Furthermore, the decision urged States to implement sanctions, equivalent to journey bans and asset freezes, in opposition to people and entities concerned in sustaining Israel’s illegal presence within the Territory. This contains addressing points associated to settler violence and guaranteeing that these engaged in these actions face authorized and monetary penalties.
Adjournment
Lastly, the Meeting briefly adjourned its tenth emergency particular session and approved the President of the General Assembly to reconvene the session upon request from Member States.
The particular session is a continuation of the tenth emergency particular session of the Common Meeting that last met in May amid the ongoing crisis in Gaza, throughout which it adopted a resolution, laying out further rights for the State of Palestine’s participation in Meeting conferences.
That decision didn’t grant Palestine the correct to vote or put ahead its candidature to UN Foremost Organs such because the Security Council or the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
It additionally didn’t confer membership to the State of Palestine, which requires a particular advice from the Safety Council.
