Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2012  [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee  (Fourth Committee) (A/67/424)]  67/118. Work of the Special Committee to Investigate   Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights   of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs   of the Occupied Territories    The General Assembly,     Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,     Guided also by international humanitarian law, in particular the Geneva  Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August  1949,1 as well as international standards of human rights, in particular the Universal  Declaration of Human Rights2 and the International Covenants on Human Rights,3     Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolutions 2443 (XXIII) of  19 December 1968 and 66/76 of 9 December 2011, and the relevant resolutions of  the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council, including  resolution S-12/1, adopted by the Council at its twelfth special session on  16 October 2009,4     Recalling also the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,     Taking into account 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,5 and recalling in this regard its resolution  ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004,     Recalling its resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004,   _______________  1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.  2 Resolution 217 A (III).  3 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.  4  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 53A  (A/64/53/Add.1), chap. I.   5 See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1.    A/RES/67/118  2    Convinced that occupation itself represents a gross and grave violation of  human rights,     Gravely concerned about the continuing detrimental impact of ongoing  unlawful Israeli practices and measures in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,  including East Jerusalem, including the excessive use of force by the Israeli  occupying forces against Palestinian civilians, resulting in the death and injury of  civilians, the widespread destruction of property and vital infrastructure, ongoing  settlement activities and construction of the wall, the internal displacement of  civilians, the imposition of collective punishment measures, particularly against the  civilian population in the Gaza Strip, where continuing severe restrictions on  movement amount to a blockade, and the detention and imprisonment of thousands  of Palestinians,    Gravely concerned also about acts of violence, intimidation and provocation  by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians and properties, including homes,  mosques, churches and agricultural lands,    Gravely concerned in particular by reports regarding serious human rights  violations and grave breaches of international humanitarian law committed during the  military operations in the Gaza Strip between December 2008 and January 2009,  including the findings in the summary by the Secretary-General of the report of the  Board of Inquiry6 and in the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the  Gaza Conflict,7 and reiterating the necessity for serious follow-up by all parties to the  recommendations addressed to them towards ensuring accountability and justice,     Having considered the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli  Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of  the Occupied Territories8 and the relevant reports of the Secretary-General,9     Recalling  the  Declaration  of  Principles  on  Interim  Self-Government  Arrangements of 13 September 199310 and the subsequent implementation agreements  between the Palestinian and Israeli sides,     Stressing the urgency of bringing a complete end to the Israeli occupation that  began in 1967 and thus an end to the violation of the human rights of the Palestinian  people, and of allowing for the realization of their inalienable human rights,  including their right to self-determination and their independent State,     Taking note of the application of Palestine for admission to membership in the  United Nations, submitted on 23 September 2011,11     1.  Commends the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices  Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the  Occupied Territories for its efforts in performing the tasks assigned to it by the  General Assembly and for its impartiality;   _______________  6 A/63/855-S/2009/250.   7 A/HRC/12/48.   8 A/67/550.   9 A/67/332, A/67/338, A/67/372, A/67/375 and A/67/511.   10 A/48/486-S/26560, annex.   11 A/66/371-S/2011/592.    A/RES/67/118  3    2.  Reiterates its demand that Israel, the occupying Power, cooperate, in  accordance with its obligations as a State Member of the United Nations, with the  Special Committee in implementing its mandate;     3.  Deplores those policies and practices of Israel that violate the human  rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories, as  reflected in the report of the Special Committee covering the reporting period;8    4.  Expresses grave concern about the critical situation in the Occupied  Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, particularly in the Gaza Strip, as a  result of unlawful Israeli practices and measures, and especially condemns and calls  for the immediate cessation of all illegal Israeli settlement activities and the  construction of the wall, as well as the excessive and indiscriminate use of force  against the civilian population, the destruction and confiscation of properties, all  measures of collective punishment, and the detention and imprisonment of  thousands of civilians;     5.  Requests the Special Committee, pending complete termination of the  Israeli occupation, to continue to investigate Israeli policies and practices in the  Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories  occupied by Israel since 1967, especially Israeli violations of the Geneva  Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of  12 August 1949,1 and to consult, as appropriate, with the International Committee of  the Red Cross according to its regulations in order to ensure that the welfare and  human rights of the peoples of the occupied territories are safeguarded and to report  to the Secretary-General as soon as possible and whenever the need arises  thereafter;     6.  Also requests the Special Committee to submit regularly to the Secretary- General periodic reports on the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian  Territory, including East Jerusalem;     7.  Further requests the Special Committee to continue to investigate the  treatment and status of the thousands of prisoners and detainees, including children  and women, in Israeli prisons and detention centres in the Occupied Palestinian  Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel  since 1967, and expresses grave concern about harsh conditions and ill-treatment of  prisoners and recent hunger strikes, while taking note of the agreement reached on  May 2012 concerning conditions of detention in Israeli prisons and calling for its  full and immediate implementation;     8.  Requests the Secretary-General:     (a)  To provide the Special Committee with all necessary facilities, including  those required for its visits to the occupied territories, so that it may investigate the  Israeli policies and practices referred to in the present resolution;     (b)  To continue to make available such staff as may be necessary to assist the  Special Committee in the performance of its tasks;     (c)  To circulate regularly to Member States the periodic reports mentioned in  paragraph 6 above;     (d)  To ensure the widest circulation of the reports of the Special Committee  and of information regarding its activities and findings, by all means available,  through the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat and, where  necessary, to reprint those reports of the Special Committee that are no longer  available;    A/RES/67/118  4    (e)  To report to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session on the tasks  entrusted to him in the present resolution;     9.  Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session  the item entitled “Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices  Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the  Occupied Territories”.