Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 2004  [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee  (Fourth Committee) (A/59/471)]  59/123. Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,  including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan        The General Assembly,    Guided by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and affirming  the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force,    Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004,  as well as those resolutions adopted at its tenth emergency special session,     Recalling also relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions  242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 446 (1979) of 22 March 1979, 465 (1980) of  1 March 1980, 476 (1980) of 30 June 1980, 478 (1980) of 20 August 1980,  497 (1981) of 17 December 1981 and 904 (1994) of 18 March 1994,    Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the  Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 1 to the Occupied  Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to the occupied Syrian Golan,    Considering that the transfer by the occupying Power of parts of its own  civilian population into the territory it occupies is a breach of the Fourth Geneva  Convention1 and relevant provisions of customary law, including those codified in  Additional Protocol I2 to the Geneva Conventions,3     Recalling 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, 4 and recalling also General Assembly resolution  ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004,   _______________  1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.  2 Ibid., vol. 1125, No. 17512.  3 Ibid., vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.  4 See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1.   A/RES/59/123  2    Noting that the Court concluded that “the Israeli settlements in the Occupied  Palestinian Territory (including East Jerusalem) have been established in breach of  international law”,5    Taking note of the recent report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission  on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories  occupied by Israel since 1967,6    Recalling the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government  Arrangements of 13 September 1993 7  and the subsequent implementation  agreements between the Palestinian and Israeli sides,     Recalling also the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State solution to the  Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 8  and noting specifically its call for a freeze on all  settlement activity,    Aware that Israeli settlement activities have involved, inter alia, the transfer of  nationals of the occupying Power into the occupied territories, the confiscation of  land, the exploitation of natural resources and other illegal actions against the  Palestinian civilian population,    Bearing in mind the detrimental impact of Israeli settlement policies, decisions  and activities on efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East,    Expressing grave concern about the continuation by Israel, the occupying  Power, of settlement activities, in violation of international humanitarian law,  relevant United Nations resolutions and the agreements reached between the parties,  including the construction and expansion of the settlements in Jabal Abu-Ghneim  and Ras Al-Amud in and around Occupied East Jerusalem,    Expressing grave concern also about the continuing unlawful construction by  Israel of the wall inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around  East Jerusalem, and expressing its concern in particular about the route of the wall  in departure from the Armistice Line of 1949, which could prejudge future  negotiations and make the two-State solution physically impossible to implement  and which is causing the Palestinian people further humanitarian hardship,    Deeply concerned that the wall’s route has been traced in such a way as to  include the great majority of the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian  Territory, including East Jerusalem,    Reiterating its opposition to settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian  Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to any activities involving the confiscation  of land, the disruption of the livelihood of protected persons and the de facto  annexation of land,    Recalling the need to end all acts of violence, including acts of terror,  provocation, incitement and destruction,    Gravely concerned about the dangerous situation resulting from actions taken  by the illegal armed Israeli settlers in the occupied territory,  _______________  5 Ibid., advisory opinion, para. 120.  6 See A/59/256.  7 A/48/486-S/26560, annex.  8 S/2003/529, annex.   A/RES/59/123  3    Taking note of the relevant reports of the Secretary-General,9    1.  Reaffirms that Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory, including  East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and an obstacle to  peace and economic and social development;    2.  Calls upon Israel to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva  Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of  12 August 1949,1 to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,  and to the occupied Syrian Golan and to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the  Convention, in particular article 49;    3.  Reiterates its demand for the complete cessation of all Israeli settlement  activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the  occupied Syrian Golan, and calls for the full implementation of the relevant Security  Council resolutions;    4.  Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with its legal  obligations, as mentioned in the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the  International Court of Justice;4    5.  Stresses the need for full implementation of Security Council resolution  904 (1994), in which, among other things, the Council called upon Israel, the  occupying Power, to continue to take and implement measures, including  confiscation of arms, with the aim of preventing illegal acts of violence by Israeli  settlers, and called for measures to be taken to guarantee the safety and protection of  the Palestinian civilians in the occupied territory;    6.  Reiterates its calls for the prevention of all acts of violence by Israeli  settlers, especially against Palestinian civilians and property, particularly in the light  of recent developments;    7.  Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its  sixtieth session on the implementation of the present resolution.    71st plenary meeting  10 December 2004  _______________  9 A/59/338, A/59/339, A/59/343, A/59/344, A/59/345 and A/59/381.