United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/17769/Rev.1
Date: 1986-01-30 (meeting 2650)
Agenda: The situation in the occupied Arab territories
Vetoed by: USA

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UN LIBRARY
JAN 31 1986
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GENERAL
UNISA COLLECION S/17769/Rev.1
30 January 1986
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Trinidad and Tobago and United
Arab Emirates: revised draft resolution
The Security Council,
Taking note of the letter (S/17740) from the Permanent Representative of
Morocco to the United Nations, current Chairman of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference, and the letter (S/17741) from the Permanent Representative of the
United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, current Chairman of the Arab Group,
both addressed on 16 January 1986 to the President of the Security Council,
Reaffirming that the 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,
Bearing in mind the specific status of Jerusalem and, in particular, the need
to protect and preserve the unique spiritual and religious dimensions of the Holy
Places in the City,
Recalling and reaffirming its resolutions relevant to the status and character
of the Holy City of Jerusalem, in particular resolutions 252 (1968) of 21 May 1968,
267 (1969) of 3 July and 271 (1969) of 15 September 1969, 298 (1971) of
25 September 1971, the consensus statement made by the President of the Security
Council on 11 November 1976, resolutions 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980, 476 (1980) of
30 June 1980 and 478 (1980) of 20 August 1980,
Strongly deploring the continued refusal of Israel, the occupying Power, to
comply with the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
Deeply concerned at the provocative acts by Israelis, including members of the
Knesset, which have violated the sanctity of the sanctuary of the Haram Al-Sharif
in Jerusalem,
1. Strongly deplores the provocative acts which have violated the sanctity
of the sanctuary of the Haram Al-Sharif in Jerusalem;
2.
Affirms that such acts constitute a serious obstruction to achieving a
comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, the failure of which
could also endanger international peace and security;
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3. Determines once more 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 the policy and
practices of Israel of settling parts of its population and new immigrants in those
territories constitute a flagrant violation of the Geneva Convention relative to
the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, and also
constitute a serious obstruction to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting
peace in the Middle East;

4. Reiterates that all legislative and administrative measures and actions
taken by Israel, the occupying Power, which have altered or purport to alter the
character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem and in particular the "basic
law" on Jerusalem are null and void and must be rescinded forthwith;

5. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to observe scrupulously the norms
of international law governing military occupation, in particular the provisions of
the Fourth Geneva Convention, and to prevent any hindrance to the discharge of the
established functions of the Supreme Islamic Council in Jerusalem, including any
co-operation that the Council may desire from countries with predominantly Muslim
populations and from Muslim communities in relation to its plans for the
maintenance and repair of the Islamic Holy Places;

6. Urgently calls on Israel, the occupying Power, to implement forthwith the
provisions of this resolution and the relevant Security Council resolutions;

7. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council on the
i mplementation of the present resolution before 1 May 1986.


Voting result: 13 yes, 1 no, 1 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Australia
vote: Y
country: Bulgaria
vote: Y
country: China
vote: Y
country: Congo
vote: Y
country: Denmark
vote: Y
country: France
vote: Y
country: Ghana
vote: Y
country: Madagascar
vote: Y
country: Trinidad and Tobago
vote: Y
country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
vote: Y
country: United Arab Emirates
vote: Y
country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
vote: Y
country: Venezuela
vote: Y
country: United States of America
vote: N
country: Thailand
vote: A