As Israel was completing its withdrawal from Sinai, Jordan decided to have the Security Council deal with the situation in the West Bank and Gaza as if to distract from the general focus on Sinai and the peaceful implementation of the Israel-Egypt peace treaty. In its letter to the Security Council, it asked for the return to their posts of two mayors in the West Bank who were removed for their PLO sympathy. The United States vetoed this resolution, which was not adopted Text:
The Security Council,
Having considered the letter dated 22 March 1982 from the Permanent Representative of Jordan (S/ 14917),
1 . Denounces measures imposed on the Palestinian population such as the dismissal of elected mayors by Israeli authorities, as well as violation of the liberties and rights of the inhabitants of the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip which followed the measures taken by Israel with regard to the Golan Heights, and which could only damage the prospects for peace;
2. Calls on Israel, the occupying Power, to rescind its decision disbanding the elected municipal council of El Bireh, and its decision to remove from their posts the Mayors of Nablus and Ramallah;
3. Reaffirms that all the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 continue to apply in full to 0 of the occupied territories;
4. Calls upon Israel to cease forthwith all measures applied in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan Heights, which contravene the provisions of the fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949;
5. Calls upon the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council not later than 7 April 1982 on the implementation of this resolution;
6. Decides to remain seized with this item.