Taiwan people 16 years later than the Palestinians and other Arabs declare Geneva Convention protection

 United Nations A/RES/56/60 

General Assembly  

Distr.: General  14 February 2002 

Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 88 

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly 

[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee 

(Fourth Committee) (A/56/550)] 

56/60. Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the 

Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 

12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 

including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab 

territories 

The General Assembly, 

Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, 

Recalling its relevant resolutions, 

Having considered the reports of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli 

Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of 

the Occupied Territories¹  and the relevant reports of the Secretary-General,²

Considering that the promotion of respect for the obligations arising from the 

Charter of the United Nations and other instruments and rules of international law is 

among the basic purposes and principles of the United Nations, 

Noting the convening of the meeting of experts of the high contracting parties 

to the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of 

War, of 12 August 1949,³  at Geneva from 27 to 29 October 1998, at the initiative of 

the Government of Switzerland in its capacity as the depositary of the Convention, 

concerning general problems of application of the Convention in general and, in 

particular, in occupied territories, 

Noting also the convening for the first time, on 15 July 1999, of a Conference 

of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, as recommended by 

the General Assembly in its resolution ES-10/6 of 9 February 1999, on measures to 

enforce the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and to ensure respect thereof in accordance with article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions,⁴ and aware of the statement adopted by the Conference,

Stressing that Israel, the occupying Power, should comply strictly with its obligations under international law,

1. Reaffirms that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,3 is applicable to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
2. Demands that Israel accept the de jure applicability of the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and that it comply scrupulously with the provisions of the Convention;
3. Calls upon all States parties to the Convention, in accordance with article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions,4 to exert all efforts in order to ensure respect for its provisions by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
4. Reiterates the need for speedy implementation of the recommendations contained in its resolutions ES-10/3 of 15 July 1997, ES-10/4 of 13 November 1997, ES-10/5 of 17 March 1998, ES-10/6 of 9 February 1999 and ES-10/7 of 20 October 2000 with regard to ensuring respect by Israel, the occupying Power, for the provisions of the Convention;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution. 82nd plenary meeting 10 December 2001

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1 See A/56/428 and Add.1 and A/56/491. 

2  A/56/215 and A/56/218. 

3  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973. 

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