UNITED NATIONS
General Assembly
A/RES/48/213
15 March 1994
Forty-eighth session
Agenda item 12
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/48/715)]
48/213. Assistance to the Palestinian people
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 47/170 of 22 December 1992,
Welcoming the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim
Self-Government Arrangements, including its Annexes and its Agreed Minutes,
by the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation
Organization, in Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993, 1/
Gravely concerned about the difficult economic and employment
conditions facing the Palestinian people throughout the occupied territory,
Conscious of the need for improvement in the economic and social
infrastructure of the occupied territory and in the living conditions of the
Palestinian people,
Aware that development is difficult under occupation and is beet
promoted in circumstances of peace and stability,
Noting, in the light of the recent developments, the great economic
and social challenges facing the Palestinian people and their leadership,
Conscious of the urgent necessity for international assistance to
the Palestinian people, taking into account the Palestinian priorities,
Noting the convening of the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to
the Palestinian People, held at the headquarters of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization from 26 to 29 April 1993,
Stressing the need for the full engagement of the United Nations in
the process of building Palestinian institutions and in providing broad
assistance to the Palestinian people,
Welcoming the convening of the Conference to Support Middle East
Peace, held in Washington, D.C., on 1 October 1993, and the establishment of
the high-level United Nations task force to support the economic and social
development of the Palestinian people,
Having considered the report of the secretary-General, 2/
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;
2. Expresses its appreciation to the secretary-General for his
rapid response and efforts regarding assistance to the Palestinian people;
3. Expresses its appreciation to the Member States, United
Nations bodies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations that
have provided and continue to provide assistance to the Palestinian people;
4. Welcomes the results of the Conference to Support Middle East
Peace, convened in Washington, D.C., on 1 October 1993;
5. Urges Member States, international financial institutions of
the United Nations system, international intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations and regional and interregional organizations
to extend, as rapidly and as generously as possible, economic and social
assistance to the Palestinians people in order to assist in the development
of the West Bank and Gaza, and to do so in close cooperation with the
Palestine Liberation organization and through official Palestinian
institutions;
6. Considers that an active United Nations role in assisting in
the implentation of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government
Arrangements, including its Annexes and its Agreed Minutes, 1/ can make a
positive contribution;
7. Calls upon relevant organizations and agencies of the United
Nations system to intensify their assistance in response to the urgent needs
of the Palestinian people, and to improve coordination through an
appropriate mechanism under the auspices of the Secretary-General;
8. Urges Member States to open their markets to exports from the
West Bank and Gaza on the most favourable terms, consistent with appropriate
trading rules;
9. Suggests the convening in 1993/94, under the appropriate
United Nations auspices, of a seminar on Palestinian trade and investment
needs in light of the new developments;
10. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the coordinated work
of the United Nations system for an adequate response to the needs of the
Palestinian people and to mobilize financial, technical, economic and other
assistance;
11. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the
General Assembly at its forty-ninth session, through the Economic and Social
Council, on the implementation of the present resolution, containing:
(a) An assessment of the assistance actually received by the
Palestinian people;
(b) An assessment of the needs still unmet and specific proposals
for responding effectively to them;
12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its
forty-ninth session an item entitled 'Assistance to the Palestinian people".
86th plenary meeting
21 December 1993
II. CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS
A. Draft resolution A/C.2/48/L.17
5. At the 45th meeting, on 6 December, the representative of
Algeria, on behalf of Algeria, Dibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia.
Mauritania, Morocco, the Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen, subsequently joined by
Cuba, Indonesia and the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, introduced a
draft resolution entitled 'Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli
settlements an the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territory,
including Jerusalem, occupied since 1967, and on the Arab population of the
Syrian Golan' (A/C.2/48/L.17). Lebanon subsequently withdrew as a sponsor of
the draft resolution.
B. Draft resolutions A/C.2/48/L.18 and L.90
10. At the 45th meeting, on 6 December, the representative of
Algeria, on behalf of Algeria, Diibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia,
Mauritania, Morocco, the Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen, subsequently joined by
Indonesia and Pakistan, introduced a draft resolution entitled 'Assistance
to the Palestinian (A/C.2/48/L.18). Lebanon subsequently withdrew as a
sponsor of the d;: resolution. The draft resolution read as follows:
Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to
self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial
countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human
rights.
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its faith in the importance of the implementation of
the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and
Peoples contained in its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960,
Deeply concerned by Israel's continuing occupation of parts of
southern Lebanon and its frequent attacks against Lebanese territory and
people, as wet( as its refusal to implement Security Council resolution 425
(1978) of 19 March 1978,
Bearing in mind United Nations resolutions restated to the question
of Palestine,
Taking note of the recent positive evolution in the Middle East
peace process, in particular the signing on 13 September 1993 of the
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements 45/ by the
Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization,
1. Calls upon all States to implement fully and faithfully all
the relevant resolutions of the United Nations regarding the exercise of the
right to self-determination and independence by peoples under colonial and
foreign domination;
2. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for
independence, territorial integrity, national unity and Liberation from
colonial domination, apartheid and foreign occupation, in at[ its forms and
by all available means;
3. Reaffirms also the inalienable right of the Palestinian people
and all peoples under foreign occupation and colonial domination to
self-determination, independence and sovereignty;
4. Calls upon those Governments which do not recognize the right
to self-determination and independence of all peoples still under colonist
domination, alien subjugation and foreign occupation to do so;
5. Calls upon Israel to refrain from violation of the fundamental
rights of the Palestinian people and from denial of its right to
self-determination;
6. Urges all States, the specialized agencies and organizations
of the United Nations system, as well as other international organizations,
to extend their support to the Palestinian people through its sole and
legitimate representative, the Palestine Liberation organization, in its
struggle to regain its right to self-determination and independence in
accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;
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27. Urges all States, the specialized agencies and other competent
organizations of the United Nations system to do their utmost to ensure the
full implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
Colonial Countries and Peoples and to intensify their efforts to support
peoples under colonial, foreign and racist domination in their just struggle
for self-determination and independence;
28. Decides to consider this question at its forty-ninth session
under the item entitled "Right of peoples to self-determination".
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 48/94:
In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,
Bahamas, Bahrein, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia,
Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape
Verde, central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros,
Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana,
Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran,
Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon,
Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger,
Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda,
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra
Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,
Syria, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab
Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zaire,
Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy,
Japan, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian
Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.
Abstaining: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Federated States
of Micronesia, Fiji, Greece, Honduras, Ireland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz
Republic, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Marshall Islands, New
Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic
of Moldova, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, The former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay.
Absent: Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, El Salvador,
Eritrea, Grenada, Madagascar*, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Seycheties,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu.
C. Draft resolution A/C.3/48/L.19
14. At the 25th meeting, on 8 November, the representative of
Algeria, on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are
members of the Council of African States, introduced a 6 draft resolution
entiteled-led "Importance of the universal realization of the rights of
peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence the
colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of
human rights" (A/C.3/48/L.19). 48/124. Respect for the Principles of
national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States
in their electoral processes
48/124
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the purposes of the United Nations to develop friendly
relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights
and self-determination of peoples and to take other appropriate measures to
strengthen universal peace,
Also reaffirming the legitimacy of the struggle of all peoples
under colonial and foreign domination, particularly the Palestinian people,
for the exercise of their inalienable right to self-determination and
national independence, which will enable them to decide freely on their own
future,
9. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of all peoples under
colonial and foreign domination, particularly of the Palestinian people, for
the exercise of their inalienable right to self-determination and national
independence, which which will enable them to determine their political,
economic and social system, without interference;
10. Calls on the Commission on Human Rights at its fiftieth
session to continue giving priority to the review of the fundamental factors
that negatively affect the observance of the principles of national
sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their
electoral processes and to report to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth
session, through the Economic and Social Council;
11. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General
Assembly at its forty-ninth session on the implementation of the present
resolution, under the item entitled "Human rights questions".
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 48/124:
In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil,
Brunei Darussatam, Burkina Faso Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Corigo, Cote
d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti,
Dominics, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia Ghana,
Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's
Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,
Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar,
Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru,
Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,
Syria, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Thailand Togo, Trinidad
and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of
Tanzania, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zaire, Zimbabwe.
Against: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, German Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Netherlands,New Zealand,
Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova,
Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States.
Abstaining: Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Georgia, Jamaica, Mauritius,
Nicaragua, Paraguay, Philippians, Solomon Islands, Turkmenistan, Uruguay,
Zambia.
Absent: Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Eritrea, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Samoa, Seychelles, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu.
D. Draft resolution A/C.3/48/L.44
19. At the 50th meeting, on 3 December, the representative of
Cuba, on behalf of China, Cuba, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
the Lao People's Republic, Nambia, the Sudan, the United Republic of
Tanzania, Vietnam and Zimbabwe, introduced a draft resolution entitled
"Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in
the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes"
(A/C.3/48/L.44).