Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 24 November 2015  [without reference to a Main Committee (A/70/L.17 and Add.1)]  70/17.  The Syrian Golan        The General Assembly,    Having considered the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East”,    Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the  Middle East,1    Recalling Security Council resolution 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981,    Reaffirming the fundamental principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition  of territory by force, in accordance with international law and the Charter of the  United Nations,    Reaffirming once more the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to  the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 2 to the  occupied Syrian Golan,    Deeply concerned that Israel has not withdrawn from the Syrian Golan, which  has been under occupation since 1967, contrary to the relevant Security Council and  General Assembly resolutions,    Stressing the illegality of the Israeli settlement construction and other  activities in the occupied Syrian Golan since 1967,    Noting with satisfaction the convening in Madrid on 30 October 1991 of the  Peace Conference on the Middle East, on the basis of Security Council resolutions  242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 and 425 (1978) of  19 March 1978 and the formula of land for peace,    Expressing grave concern over the halt in the peace process on the Syrian  track, and expressing the hope that peace talks will soon resume from the point they  had reached,    1.  Declares that Israel has failed so far to comply with Security Council  resolution 497 (1981);  _______________  1 A/70/353.   2 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.   A/RES/70/17  The Syrian Golan   2/2    2.  Also declares that the Israeli decision of 14 December 1981 to impose its  laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan is null and void  and has no validity whatsoever, as confirmed by the Security Council in its  resolution 497 (1981), and calls upon Israel to rescind it;    3.  Reaffirms its determination that all relevant provisions of the Regulations  annexed to the Hague Convention of 1907, and the Geneva Convention relative to  the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2 continue to  apply to the Syrian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, and calls upon the  parties thereto to respect and ensure respect for their obligations under those  instruments in all circumstances;    4.  Determines once more that the continued occupation of the Syrian Golan  and its de facto annexation constitute a stumbling block in the way of achieving a  just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region;    5.  Calls upon Israel to resume the talks on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks  and to respect the commitments and undertakings reached during the previous talks;    6.  Demands once more that Israel withdraw from all the occupied Syrian  Golan to the line of 4 June 1967 in implementation of the relevant Security Council  resolutions;    7.  Calls upon all the parties concerned, the co-sponsors of the peace process  and the entire international community to exert all the necessary efforts to ensure  the resumption of the peace process and its success by implementing Security  Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973);    8.  Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its  seventy-first session on the implementation of the present resolution.