{"id":182701,"date":"2008-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=182701"},"modified":"2019-03-11T21:25:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:25:25","slug":"auto-insert-182701","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-182701\/","title":{"rendered":"Human rights violations emanating from Israeli attacks and incursions in OPT – Human Rights Council 6th special session – Draft resolution – Adopted"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) and the Syrian<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Arab Republic<\/strong>* (on behalf of the Group of Arab States): draft resolution<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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S-6\/… Human rights violations emanating from Israeli military attacks and<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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incursions, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in the<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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occupied Gaza Strip<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Human Rights Council<\/i>,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Guided <\/i>by the principles and objectives of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, <\/p><\/div>\n

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Affirming <\/i>the applicability of the Fourth 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,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Recognizing <\/i>that the Israeli military attacks and incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly the recent ones in the occupied Gaza Strip and the West Bank city of Nablus, constitute grave violations of the human and humanitarian rights of the Palestinian civilians therein, exacerbate the severe humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and undermine international efforts, including the Annapolis Conference and the Paris Donors’ Conference for the Palestinian State, aimed at invigorating the peace process and establishing a viable, contiguous, sovereign and independent Palestinian State by the end of 2008,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Recognizing also <\/i>that the Israeli siege imposed on the occupied Gaza Strip, including the closure of the border crossings and the cutting of the supply of fuel, food and medicine, constitutes collective punishment of the Palestinian civilians and leads to disastrous humanitarian and environmental consequences,<\/p><\/div>\n

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1. Expresses grave concern <\/i>at the repeated Israeli military attacks carried out in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in the occupied Gaza Strip, which have resulted in loss of life and injuries among Palestinian civilians, including women and children;<\/p><\/div>\n

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2. Calls for <\/i>urgent international action to put an immediate end to the grave violations committed by the occupying Power, Israel, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the series of incessant and repeated Israeli military attacks and incursions therein and the siege of the occupied Gaza Strip;<\/p><\/div>\n

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3. Demands <\/i>that the occupying Power, Israel, lift immediately the siege it has imposed on the occupied Gaza Strip, restore continued supply of fuel, food and medicine and reopen the border crossings;<\/p><\/div>\n

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4. Calls for <\/i>immediate protection of the Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory in compliance with human rights law and international humanitarian law;<\/p><\/div>\n

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5. Urges <\/i>all parties concerned to respect the rules of human rights law and international humanitarian law and to refrain from violence against the civilian population;<\/p><\/div>\n

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6. Requests <\/i>the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to report to the Council, at its next session, on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution.<\/p><\/div>\n

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