FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE RESOLUTIONS ON

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 001047 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG UNGA IS SUBJECT: FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE RESOLUTIONS ON ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SITUATION ¶1. SUMMARY: The UNGA Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) approved nine resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian situation on November 7: four under agenda item 29 "The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East" (UNRWA) and five under agenda item 30 "Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories." Most passed with substantial margins. END SUMMARY. ¶2. The resolutions considered and associated vote totals are as follows: Item 29: "United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East." ¶1. L.11 "Assistance to Palestine Refugees." 158 "Yes," 1 "No" (Israel),6 "Abstain" (United States, Cameroon, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, and Micronesia). ¶2. L.12 "Persons Displaced as a Result of the June 1967 and Subsequent Hostilities." 158 "Yes," 6 "No" (United States, Israel, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau),2 "Abstain" (Cameroon, Canada). ¶3. L.13 "Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East." 160 "Yes," 6 "No" (United States, Israel, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Micronesia, and Palau),1 "Abstain" (Cameroon). ¶4. L.14 "Palestine Refugees' Properties and their Revenues." 161 "Yes," 6 "No" (United States, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, and Nauru),1 "Abstain" (Cameroon). Item 30: "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories." ¶1. L.15 "Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories." 87 "Yes," 8 "No" (United States, Canada, Australia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, and Palau),70 "Abstain." ¶2. L.16 "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 East Jerusalem, and the other Occupied Arab Territories." 161 "Yes," 6 "No" (United States, Israel, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau),2 "Abstain" (Cote D'Ivoire, Cameroon). ¶3. L.17 "Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Occupied Syrian Golan." 161 "Yes," 6 "No" (United States, Israel, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau),2 "Abstain" (Cote D'Ivoire, Cameroon). ¶4. L.18 "Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem." 155 "Yes," 8 "No" (United States, Canada, Australia, Israel, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau),5 "Abstain" (Cote D'Ivoire, Cameroon, Mongolia, El Salvador, and Honduras). ¶5. L.19 "The Occupied Syrian Golan." 160 "Yes," 1 "No" (Israel),7 "Abstain" (United States, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, and Palau). Khalilzad