{"id":314148,"date":"2025-12-05T15:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=314148"},"modified":"2025-12-29T15:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:17:58","slug":"palestine-refugees-properties-ga-res-5dec25","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/palestine-refugees-properties-ga-res-5dec25\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestine refugees\u2019 properties and their revenues (A\/RES\/80\/79) \u2013 General Assembly Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5 December 2025<\/p>\n<p>The following resolution was adopted on 5 December 2025 by a recorded vote of 157 in favour to 10 against, with 9 abstentions.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Voting Record:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In favour: 157<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Against: 10<\/strong> \u2013 Argentina, Fiji, Israel, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga, United States of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abstentions: 9<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Eightieth session<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Agenda item 49<\/p>\n<p><strong>United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[<em>on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/undocs.org\/en\/A\/80\/537\"><em>A\/80\/537<\/em><\/a><em>, para. 15)<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>80\/79.<\/strong> <strong>Palestine refugees\u2019 properties and their revenues<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>The General Assembly<\/em>,<\/p>\n<p><em>Recalling<\/em> its resolutions <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.un.org\/en\/A\/RES\/194(III)\">194 (III)<\/a> of 11\u00a0December 1948 and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.un.org\/en\/A\/RES\/36\/146\">36\/146<\/a>\u00a0C of 16\u00a0December 1981 and all its subsequent resolutions on the question,<\/p>\n<p><em>Taking note<\/em> of the report of the Secretary-General<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> submitted pursuant to its resolution <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.un.org\/en\/A\/RES\/79\/89\">79\/89<\/a> of 4\u00a0December 2024, as well as that of the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine for the period from 1\u00a0September 2024 to 31\u00a0August 2025,<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Recalling <\/em>that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> and the principles of international law uphold the principle that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his or her property,<\/p>\n<p><em>Recalling in particular<\/em> its resolution <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.un.org\/en\/A\/RES\/394(V)\">394 (V)<\/a> of 14\u00a0December 1950, in which it directed the Conciliation Commission, in consultation with the parties concerned, to prescribe measures for the protection of the rights, property and interests of the Palestine refugees,<\/p>\n<p><em>Noting<\/em> the completion of the programme of identification and evaluation of Arab property, as announced by the Conciliation Commission in its twenty-second progress report,<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> and the fact that the Land Office had a schedule of Arab owners and a file of documents defining the location, area and other particulars of Arab property,<\/p>\n<p><em>Expressing its appreciation<\/em> for the preservation and modernization of the existing records, including the land records, of the Conciliation Commission, and stressing the importance of such records for a just resolution of the plight of the Palestine refugees in conformity with resolution <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.un.org\/en\/A\/RES\/194(III)\">194 (III)<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p><em>Recalling<\/em> that, in the framework of the Middle East peace process, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Government of Israel agreed, in the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13\u00a0September 1993,<a href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a> to commence negotiations on permanent status issues, including the important issue of the refugees,<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Reaffirms<\/em> that the Palestine refugees are entitled to their property and to the income derived therefrom, in conformity with the principles of equity and justice;<\/li>\n<li><em>Requests<\/em> the Secretary-General to take all appropriate steps, in consultation with the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, for the protection of Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel;<\/li>\n<li><em>Calls once again upon<\/em> Israel to render all facilities and assistance to the Secretary-General in the implementation of the present resolution;<\/li>\n<li><em>Calls upon<\/em> all the parties concerned to provide the Secretary-General with any pertinent information in their possession concerning Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel that would assist him in the implementation of the present resolution;<\/li>\n<li><em>Urges<\/em> the Palestinian and Israeli sides, as agreed between them, to deal with the important issue of Palestine refugees\u2019 properties and their revenues within the framework of the final status peace negotiations;<\/li>\n<li><em>Requests<\/em> the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its eighty-first session on the implementation of the present resolution.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>55th plenary meeting<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>5 December 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [1]\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.un.org\/en\/A\/80\/311\">A\/80\/311<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [2]\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.un.org\/en\/A\/80\/295\">A\/80\/295<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [3]\u00a0 Resolution <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.un.org\/en\/A\/RES\/217(III)\">217 A (III)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [4]\u00a0 <em>Official Records of the General Assembly, Nineteenth Session, Annexes, Annex No.\u00a011<\/em>, document <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.un.org\/en\/A\/5700\">A\/5700<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" name=\"_ftn5\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [5]\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.un.org\/en\/A\/48\/486\">A\/48\/486-S\/26560<\/a>, annex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 5 December 2025 The following resolution was adopted on 5 December 2025 by a recorded vote of 157 in favour to 10 against, with 9 abstentions. 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