United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/20677
Date: 1989-06-09 (meeting 2867)
Agenda: The situation in the occupied Arab territories
Vetoed by: USA

Security Council
Distr.
GENERAL
S/20677
8 June 1989
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

Algeria, Colombia, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Nepal, Senegal
and Yugoslavia: draft resolution

The Security Council,

Having examined the letter, dated 31 May 1989, from the Permanent Representative
of the Sudan to the United Nations, in his capacity as Chairman of the
Group of Arab States at the United Nations for the month of May,

Bearing in mind the inalienable rights of all peoples, recognized
in the Charter of the United Nations and proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights,

Recalling that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian
Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, is applicable to the
Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967,
including Jerusalem,

Recalling its relevant resolutions on the situation in the Palestinian
territory occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem, and in particular its
resolutions 446 (1979), 465 (1980), 607 (1988) and 608 (1988),

Recalling the report of the Secretary-General, of 21 January 1988,
submitted in pursuance of resolution 605 (1987) and, in particular, the
recommendations contained therein (S/19443),

Expressing its grave concern and alarm at the increasing suffering of the
Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory,

Having been informed of recent violations of the human rights of the
Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem,

1. Strongly deplores the policies and practices of Israel, the Occupying
Power, which violate the human rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied
territory, as well as the attacks perpetrated by armed civilians against Palestinian cities and
villages and the desecration of the Holy Quran;

2. Calls upon Israel, in its capacity as Occupying Power and as a High Contracting Party to the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to accept the de jure applicability of the Convention to the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and to comply fully with its obligations under the Convention and, in particular, with its responsibility for the treatment accorded by its agents to protected persons;

3. Recalls the obligation of all the High Contracting Parties, pursuant to article 1 of the Convention, to ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances;

4. Demands that Israel immediately cease the deportation of Palestinian civilians from the occupied territory and ensure the safe and immediate return of those already deported;

5. Expresses great concern at the prolonged closure of schools in parts of the occupied territory, given the adverse consequences this has for the education of Palestinian children, and calls upon Israel to permit the immediate reopening of these schools;

6. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to monitor the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories by all means available to him and to submit to the Council periodic and timely reports, containing recommendations and means to ensure respect for the Convention and the protection of Palestinian civilians in the occupied territory, including Jerusalem;

7. Requests the Secretary-General to submit the first of these reports no later than 23 June 1989;

8. Decides to continue to examine the situation in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem.

Voting result: 14 yes, 1 no, 0 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Algeria
vote: Y
country: Brazil
vote: Y
country: Canada
vote: Y
country: China
vote: Y
country: Colombia
vote: Y
country: Ethiopia
vote: Y
country: Finland
vote: Y
country: France
vote: Y
country: Malaysia
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: United States of America
vote: N