General Assembly Distr.
LIMITED
A/55/L.49
27 November 2000
Original: English
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 40
The situation in the Middle East
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Guinea, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, Namibia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Palestine: draft resolution
Jerusalem
Recalling its resolutions 36/120 E of 10 December 1981, 37/123 C of
16 December 1982, 38/180 C of 19 December 1983, 39/146 C of 14 December
1984, 40/168 C of 16 December 1985, 41/162 C of 4 December 1986, 42/209
D of 11 December 1987, 43/54 C of 6 December 1988, 44/40 C of 4 December
1989, 45/83 C of 13 December 1990, 46/82 B of 16 December 1991, 47/63 B
of 11 December 1992, 48/59 A of 14 December 1993, 49/87 A of 16 December
1994, 50/22 A of 4 December 1995, 51/27 of 4 December 1996, 52/53 of 9
December 1997, 53/37 of 2 December 1998 and 54/37 of 1 December 1999, in
which it, inter alia, determined that all legislative
and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying
Power, which have altered or purported to alter the character and status
of the Holy City of Jerusalem, in particular the so-called "Basic Law"
on Jerusalem and the proclamation of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,
were null and void and must be rescinded forthwith,
Recalling also Security Council resolution 478 (1980) of 20 August
1980, in which the Council, inter alia, decided not to recognize the "Basic
Law" and called upon those States which had established diplomatic missions
at Jerusalem to withdraw such missions from the Holy City,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General, 1/
1. Determines that the decision of Israel to
impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Holy City of Jerusalem
is illegal and therefore null and void and has no validity whatsoever;
2. Deplores the transfer by some States of their diplomatic missions
to Jerusalem in violation of Security Council resolution 478 (1980) and
their refusal to comply with the provisions of that resolution;
3. Calls once more upon those States to abide by the provisions of
the relevant United Nations resolutions, in conformity with the Charter
of the United Nations;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution.
Notes
1/ A/55/538.