United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/19780
Date: 1988-04-15 (meeting 2806)
Agenda: The situation in the occupied Arab territories
Vetoed by: USA

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Security Council
Distr.
GENERAL
S/19780
14 April 1988
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Algeria, Argentina, Nepal, Senegal, Yugoslavia
and Zambia: draft resolution
The Security Council,
Expressing its grave concern over the current situation in the occupied
Palestinian territories,
Reaffirming its resolutions 605 (1987) of 22 December 1987, 607 (1988) of
5 January 1988 and 608 (1988) of 14 January 1988,
Recalling the report of the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 (S/19443),
Having been apprised of the deportation by Israel, the occupying Power, of
eight civilian Palestinians on 11 April 1988 and of its decision to continue the
deportation of Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories,
Gravely concerned and alarmed by the measures adopted by Israel against the
civilian Palestinian people and its persistent policy of taking measures of
collective punishment, such as the recent demolition of homes in the village of
Beita,
Also expressing grave concern over the action taken by the forces of the
occupying Power against Sheikh Saad Eddin El-Alami, Head of the Supreme Islamic
Council, who was assaulted and beaten in the Haram Al Shareef in Jerusalem, on
1 April 1988,
Reaffirming once again that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection
of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, is applicable to Palestinian
and other Arab territories, occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem,
Recalling in particular the provisions of article 49 of the Fourth Geneva
Convention and expressing alarm that Israel has continued to transfer its civilian
population into the territory it occupies and has equipped those settlers with arms
which have been used against the civilian Palestinian people,
88-10199 01987 (E)
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S/19780
English
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1. Urges Israel, the occupying Power, to abide immediately and scrupulously
by the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of
War, of 12 August 1949, and to desist forthwith from its policies and practices
that are in violation of the provisions of the Convention;

2. Urges further Israel to rescind the order to deport Palestinian civilians
and ensure the safe and immediate return to the occupied Palestinian territories of
those already deported;

3. Urges once again Israel to desist forthwith from deporting Palestinian
civilians from the occupied territories;

4. Condemns those policies and practices of Israel, the occupying Power,
that violate the human rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied
territories, and in particular the opening of fire by the Israeli army, resulting
in the killing and wounding of defenceless Palestinian civilians;

5. Affirms the urgent need to achieve, under the auspices of the United
Nations, a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Arab/Israeli conflict,
an integral part of which is the Palestinian problem, and expresses its
determination to work towards that end;

6. Requests the Secretary-General to submit periodic reports on the
situation in the occupied territories, including those aspects relating to
endeavours for ensuring the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilians
under Israeli occupation;

7. Decides to keep the situation in the Palestinian and other Arab
territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem, under review.


Voting result: 14 yes, 1 no, 0 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Algeria
vote: Y
country: Argentina
vote: Y
country: Brazil
vote: Y
country: China
vote: Y
country: France
vote: Y
country: Germany, Federal Republic of
vote: Y
country: Italy
vote: Y
country: Japan
vote: Y
country: Nepal
vote: Y
country: Senegal
vote: Y
country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
vote: Y
country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
vote: Y
country: Yugoslavia
vote: Y
country: Zambia
vote: Y
country: United States of America
vote: N