United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/12022
Date: 1976-03-25 (meeting 1899)
Agenda: Request by the Libyan Arab Republic and Pakistan for consideration of the serious situation arising from recent developments in the occupied Arab territories:
Vetoed by: USA

UNITED NATIONS
SECURITY
COUNCIL
Distr.
GENERAL
S/12022
24 March 1976
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Benin, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama and United
Republic of Tanzania: draft resolution

The Security Council,

Having considered recent developments in the occupied Arab territories,

Deeply concerned at the serious situation which has arisen in these
territories as a result of continued Israeli occupation,

Deeply concerned further at the measures taken by the Israeli authorities
leading to the present grave situation, including measures aimed at changing the
physical, cultural, demographic and religious character of the occupied territories
and, in particular, the City of Jerusalem, the establishment of Israeli settlements
in the occupied territories and other violations of the human rights of the
inhabitants of those territories,

Emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war,

Recalling and reaffirming the resolutions of the General Assembly and the
Security Council calling upon Israel to rescind all measures already taken and to
desist from taking any further action which would alter the status of the City of
Jerusalem and the character of the occupied Arab territories,

Noting that, notwithstanding the aforementioned resolutions, Israel persists
in its policy aiming at changing the physical, cultural, demographic and religious
character of the City of Jerusalem in particular,

Reaffirming the urgent need for establishing a just and lasting peace in the
Middle East,

1. Deplores Israel's failure to put a stop to actions and policies tending
to change the status of the City of Jerusalem and to rescind measures already
taken to that effect;

2. Calls on Israel, pending the speedy termination of its occupation, to
refrain from all measures against the Arab inhabitants of the occupied territories;

3. Calls on Israel to respect and uphold the inviolability of the Holy
Places which are under its occupation and to desist from the expropriation of or
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encroachment upon Arab lands and property or the establishment of Israeli
settlements thereon in the occupied Arab territories and to desist from all other
actions and policies designed to change the legal status of the City of Jerusalem
and to rescind measures already taken to that effect;

4. Decides to keep the situation under constant attention with a view to
meeting again should circumstances so require.


Voting result: 14 yes, 1 no, 0 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Benin
vote: Y
country: China
vote: Y
country: France
vote: Y
country: Guyana
vote: Y
country: Italy
vote: Y
country: Japan
vote: Y
country: Libyan Arab Republic
vote: Y
country: Pakistan
vote: Y
country: Panama
vote: Y
country: Romania
vote: Y
country: Sweden
vote: Y
country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
vote: Y
country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
vote: Y
country: United Republic of Tanzania
vote: Y
country: United States of America
vote: N