Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2009  [on the report of the Third Committee (A/64/438)]  64/150. The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination        The General Assembly,     Aware that the development of friendly relations among nations, based on  respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, is among  the purposes and principles of the United Nations, as defined in the Charter,     Recalling, in this regard, its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October  1970 entitled “Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly  Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the  United Nations”,     Bearing in mind the International Covenants on Human Rights,0F1 the Universal  Declaration of Human Rights,1F2 the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to  Colonial Countries and Peoples 2F 3 and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of  Action adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993,3F4     Recalling the Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the  United Nations, 4F5     Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 5F6     Recalling further the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the  International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a  Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 6F7 and noting in particular the reply of the  _______________  1 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.  2 Resolution 217 A (III).  3 Resolution 1514 (XV).  4 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.  5 See resolution 50/6.  6 See resolution 55/2.  7 See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied  Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136.   A/RES/64/150  2  Court, including on the right of peoples to self-determination, which is a right erga  omnes, 7F8     Recalling the conclusion of the Court, in its advisory opinion of 9 July 2004,  that the construction of the wall by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied  Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, along with measures previously  taken, severely impedes the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination,8F9     Expressing the urgent need for the resumption of negotiations within the  Middle East peace process, based on the relevant United Nations resolutions, the  Madrid terms of reference, including the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace  Initiative9F 10 and the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State solution to the  Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 10F11 and for the speedy achievement of a just, lasting and  comprehensive peace settlement between the Palestinian and Israeli sides,     Stressing the need for respect for and preservation of the territorial unity,  contiguity and integrity of all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East  Jerusalem,     Recalling its resolution 63/165 of 18 December 2008,     Affirming the right of all States in the region to live in peace within secure and  internationally recognized borders,     1.  Reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination,  including the right to their independent State of Palestine;     2.  Urges all States and the specialized agencies and organizations of the  United Nations system to continue to support and assist the Palestinian people in the  early realization of their right to self-determination.    65th plenary meeting  18 December 2009  _______________  8  See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1, advisory opinion, para. 88; see also Legal Consequences of the  Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004,  p. 136.  9  See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1, advisory opinion, para. 122; see also Legal Consequences of the  Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004,  p. 136.  10 A/56/1026-S/2002/932, annex II, resolution 14/221.  11 S/2003/529, annex.