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PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPROVES REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People  today expressed its conviction that "positive action  by  the Security Council could  create the necessary conditions for a just and lasting peace",  since the Committee's recommendations contained the  basic principles relating  to the problem of Palestine within the Middle  East situation.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Committee did so in approving its annual report to the General Assembly.  (The  Committee's recommendations, annexed to its report, are contained in an annex to this  press release.)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Committee in its recommendations also drew the attention of the Assembly to its considered opinion  that the  Camp David Accords, and the attendant negotiations which continued to take place, contravened relevant Assembly resolutions, "to the extent that  they did not take  into account the inalienable rights of the  Palestinian people and were  negotiated without the participation of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people."<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The recommendations adopted by the Committee in its report are as follows:<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The repeated endorsement of the recommendations of the Committee by the General  Assembly at its 31st, 32nd, 33rd  and 34th  sessions and its seventh emergency session, strengthens the Committee's conviction that positive action by  the Security Council  could  create the necessary  conditions for a just  and lasting  peace, since the recommendations  contain the basic principles relating to the problem of Palestine within  the Middle East situation.  The Committee, consequently, unanimously  decided  once  more to reiterate the validity of those recommendations  which are again  annexed to the present report.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The Committee once more urges the Security Council to take positive action on those recommendations  which, with emphasis  on the urgency of their implementation, have repeatedly  been  brought to the attention of  the  Security Council.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The Committee once more draws the attention of the General Assembly to its  considered  opinion that the Camp  David  Accords and  the  attendant negotiations  which  continue  to take  place contravene paragraph  4 of General Assembly resolution  <\/span>33\/28A<\/a>  of 7  December  1978  and  paragraphs 1 and  2  of General Assembly resolution <\/span>34\/65B<\/a>  of 29  November 1979, to the extent that they did not take into  account the inalienable  rights  of the Palestinian people  and were negotiated without the participation of  the  Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian  people.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The Committee considers that a wider understanding of the just cause of the Palestinian people would  be a major contribution towards a just solution of the question of Palestine and that it  should  continue in its efforts to achieve such a wider  understanding so as to promote the  implementation  of its recommendations."<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>With regard to the recommendation on the Camp David Accords, the Committee approved it, contrary to a proposal by the observer of Egypt<\/u> that the entire paragraph be  deleted.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The observer of Egypt<\/u> said that inclusion of the recommendation would be detrimental  to the Committee's report, and would make its adoption by the General Assembly more difficult.  It would bring controversial aspects into the report.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The observer of the PLO<\/u> said, in response to the Egyptian proposal, that the Committee  had  to  take into  consideration  its mandate and the  rights of the Palestinian  people.  It did not matter how many votes the report received.  The rights of the  Palestinians  could not be sacrificed  for  a  few votes, he stated.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The representative of the Ukraine<\/u> spoke against deletion of the recommendation.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>At the close of the meeting, the Chairman, FALILOU KANE (Senegal<\/u>), said he had sent letters of appreciation to those countries that had closed their embassies in Jerusalem, in accordance with the recent resolution of the General Assembly's special session on Palestine.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Committee suspended its session for about 30 minutes this morning in order that members might hear an address by the United States Secretary of State in the  plenary.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Continued Consideration of Report to Assembly<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People met this morning to continue consideration and adoption of the remaining part of its  report to the General Assembly.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>At its last meeting the Committee adopted Chapters I (Introduction), II (Mandate of the Committee), III (Organization of Work) and parts of Chapter IV (Action taken by the  Committee).  (The report is not available as a document.)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>This morning the Committee took up a part of Chapter IV, entitled "Action Taken by Other Organizations".<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Included in that section were actions by the Commission on Human Rights, the  Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Treaty, the Islamic Conference, the  Foreign  Ministers of the European Council and the  Organization of African Unity (OAU).<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The sub-paragraph on the Commission on Human Rights said that the Commission at its thirty-sixth session  held  from  4 February to 14 March  1980 had  adopted  resolutions  condemning  Israeli  policies and  practices in the occupied Arab Territories as well  as administrative and  legislative measures by the Israeli authorities to encourage,  promote  and expand the  establishment of  settlers'  colonies in the  occupied territories, which  further  demonstrate Israel's  determination  to  annex those territories.  The  Commission  also expressed its  deep  concern at the consequences of Israel's refusal  to  apply fully and  effectively  the  Geneva  Convention relative to the Protection  of Civilian Persons in Time of War in all its provisions to all the Arab territories  occupied by  Israel  since 1967, including Jerusalem.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The sub-paragraph on the Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Treaty said  the  declaration adopted at  its meeting  in  Warsaw  on  14  and 15 May 1980  stressed and  reaffirmed the  positive position  of the  countries concerned and which stated inter alia<\/u>   that a  lasting  peace  in  the  Middle  East  could have been established  long  ago on the basis  of an  all-embracing  Middle  Eastern political  settlement  with  the direct  participation  of  all the  parties concerned, including  the Palestinian  Arab peoples  as  embodied  by  its representative,  the  Palestine  Liberation  Organization (PLO), and  of respect for the  legitimate  interests of  all  States and  peoples  of the  Middle  East, including  Israel;  such  a  settlement required the withdrawal of Israeli forces from  all  Arab  territories  occupied  in  1967, the restoration  of the right of the  Arab people  of Palestine to self-determination, including the establishment of its own independent  state, the granting of the  sovereignty and  security  of  all States  of  the  region;  it required also that no action should be taken which could make the attainment of those goals  more difficult.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>At the Islamic Conference, another sub-paragraph continued, a  resolution was adopted  "which  considered  the  Camp  David Accords and  the  Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty a  conspiracy  against  the  future  of  Jerusalem and of the other occupied Arab territories, which should be  categorically.  rejected, and  their repercussions and consequences  withstood".  The  resolution   refused to recognize  separate  and  partial solutions  of  the Palestinian question.  The   Conference also  called  upon the  General Assembly  to  consider  at  its emergency special session, devoted to Palestine, ways and  means  whereby to  secure the implementation of its resolutions on  the Palestinian question, including the imposition  of sanctions, in accordance with Chapter VII of the United  Nations Charter.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The section went on to say that the meeting of Heads of States and Governments and the Ministers  of  Foreign Affairs  of  the European  Council in Venice, Italy , made a  declaration  of  13 June  1980, detailing its position  on the  Middle East.  The  Committee  regarded  as  specially  significant that the Nine had taken a firm position on  the  question  of Palestine and on the fact that the Palestinian people must be  placed  in  a  position  to exercise fully their right  to self-determination; that the PLO  should  be  associated with the negotiations to that  end;  that Israel  should put  an  end  to  the  occupation of the territories which it has maintained since 1967; that Israeli settlements constitued a serious obstacle  to  peace in  the  Middle East  and  were illegal under international law  and that  the  Nine would  not accept any unilateral initiative  designed  to change the status of Jerusalem.  The Committee considered this declaration  to  be an important advance on the part  of the Nine towards  an  understanding  of the  question  of  Palestine as well as a  major  step towards  a  resolution  of the  problem.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The text of the OAU resolution had not yet been received by the Committee.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The first speaker, PETRE VLASCEANU (Romania<\/u>), said the Committee should work  by consensus.  "The Committee's report should avoid controversial issues", he  said.  It should not introduce issues not acceptable to all members.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>MAHMOUD FAHIM EL-SAID, observer of Egypt<\/u>, said that he failed to see the logic in  singling out one extraordinarily negative resolution of the Islamic Conference for  inclusion in the Committee's  report.  Was this the only resolution  adopted by the Conference?  If this resolution were the only one adopted  it  was sad  that a conference  confined itself to the whims of certain quarters that opposed peace efforts in the area.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Chairman, FALILOU KANE (Senegal<\/u>) called on the representative of the PLO on a point of order.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>ZEHDI LABIB TERZI, observer of the PLO<\/u>, said that he rejected the idea that the  Committee was opposing the peace process.  It was beyond  the Committee's  jurisdiction  to discuss the substance of  a resolution  adopted by another  Conference.  The Committee was merely  reporting on what had  been approved  by another  Conference.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Mr. EL-SAID (Egypt<\/u>) said:  "This so-called resolution does not in any way enhance the Palestinian cause."  He added:  "To  indulge in  a  campaign  of defamation and  rancour against  my  country  and  the  peace process itself did  not serve the cause of  peace."<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Mr. TERZI, PLO<\/u>, said the Committee was concered with the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, and that was why this particular resolution had been singled out.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>SAMI GLAIEL (Syria<\/u>) said that just because certain delegations opposed the Camp David agreements did not mean they opposed peace in the area.  It was only the parties to the agreements who said they were promoting peace.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>At this state, the CHAIRMAN said they would suspend the meeting in order to hear the United States Secretary of State address the plenary in the general debate.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The meeting suspended at 11:31 a.m.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The meeting resumed at 12:10 p.m.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Committee then approved sub-paragraph (a) regarding a resolution of the Commission on Human Rights and sub-paragraph (b) on a declaration by the Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Treaty Members.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Mr. VLASCEANU (Romania<\/u>) said his delegation could not participate in discussion of the paper before the Committee this morning, dealing with action by other organizations, because he had just received the paper and had not had a chance to study it.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Mr. EL-SAID, observer from Egypt<\/u>, said he understood the point made earlier this morning by his brother from Syria.  However, Egypt was not trying to amend a resolution that had been adopted by another organization.  That was not the issue.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>He said what concerned him was that one resolution was being singled out from the Islamic Conference when that Conference had approved several resolutions.  That was a value judgement.  Why should only that resolution be included in the report? he asked.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>He asked why it should be considered "a conspiracy" when two countries signed a peace treaty, and when one of those countries regained its occupied territories as a result of that treaty?<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Islamic Conference, he said, had also passed certain positive resolutions.  Why were those not mentioned?<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>HORST JOACHIMI (German Democratic Republic<\/u>) said the Committee should not be involved with issues that prevented it from completing its work.  All resolutions dealing with the rights of the Palestinian people should be in the report of the Committee.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Mr. EL-SAID, observer from Egypt<\/u>, said that the resolution by the Islamic Conference was "another attempt to defame Egypt and its leaders, a country whose sacrifices for the Palestinian people were a matter of record, and a country that had never killed a Palestinian — something other countries did as a matter of frequent practice".<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Islamic Conference had gone too far in adopting that resolution, he said.  If this resolution were included in the Committee's report, it would mean letting the Committee be used by certain quarters to destroy the ongoing peace process in the Middle East.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The CHAIRMAN said the Committee "was not in anybody's pocket".  "It was out of place for someone to accuse the Committee and its Chairman that the Committee was being used", he said.  "It is an insinuation I cannot accept".  It was up to the members of the Committee to say if the Committee was being used", he continued.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>SAMI GLAIEL, observer from Syria<\/u>, speaking on a point of order, said that Egypt said it had not understood why this particular resolution of the Islamic Conference should be included in the Committee's report.  But the Committee was supposed to deal with resolutions affecting the Palestinian people.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>BARIYU A. ADEYEMI (Nigeria<\/u>) said he shared some of the concerns of Egypt in the matter under discussion.  Egypt had made a considerable contribution to the Palestinian cause.  On the other hand, how Egypt had set out to resolve the matter, outside the Â鶹APP, was a cause for concern to Nigeria and Nigeria had its reservations about that.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Mr. EL-SAID, observer of Egypt<\/u>, said he wanted to clarify an earlier statement.  He had said that certain quarters were attempting to use the Committee in order to advance their whims.  He said he had the greatest respect for the Chairman and Committee members.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>He said the Islamic Conference had gone too far in adopting this resolution.  To call the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty a conspiracy was an infringement on the internal affairs of Egypt.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Mr. TARZI, observer of the Islamic Conference<\/u>, said the Conference had adopted several resolutions concerning the Palestinian people at its recent conference.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Committee then adopted paragraphs 39-42, entitled "Attendance at Conferences".<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Committee next adopted paragraphs 43-48, dealing with the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights.  Egypt registered an objection to paragraph 46, which would have the General Assembly issue, as an official document, certain papers presented at a seminar in Vienna.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Following the Committee's adoption of its report as a whole, the observer of the PLO asked whether the Committee might have summary records in order to assist it in its work.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Committee agreed to discuss this suggestion at its next meeting.<\/p><\/div>\n


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\t<\/span>Following are the recommendations of the Palestinian Rights Committee to the General Assembly, which are annexed to the Committee's report:<\/p><\/div>\n

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"I.   BASIC CONSIDERATIONS AND GUIDELINES<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The question of Palestine is at the heart of the Middle East problem, and consequently, the Committee stresses its belief that no solution in the Middle East can be envisaged which does not fully take into account the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to  return to their homes and property and to achieve self-determination, national independence and sovereignty are endorsed by the Committee in the conviction that the full implementation of these rights will contribute decisively to a comprehensive and final settlement of the Middle East crisis.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The participation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the representative of the Palestinian people, on an equal footing with other parties, on the basis of General Assembly resolutions <\/span>3236 (XXIX)<\/a> and <\/span>3375 (XXX)<\/a>, is indispensable in all efforts, deliberations and conferences on the Middle East which are held under the auspices of the Â鶹APP.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The Committee recalls the fundamental principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force and stresses the consequent obligation for complete and speedy evacuation of any territory so occupied.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The Committee considers that it is the duty and the responsibility of all concerned to enable the Palestinians to exercise their inalienable rights. <\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The Committee recommends an expanded and more influential role by the Â鶹APP and its organs in promoting a just solution to the question of Palestine and in the implementation of such a solution.  The Security Council, in particular, should take appropriate action to facilitate the exercise by the Palestinians of their right to return to their homes, lands and property. The Committee, furthermore, urges the Security Council to promote action towards a just solution, taking into account all the powers conferred on it by the Charter of the Â鶹APP.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"It is with this perspective in view and on the basis of the numerous resolutions of the Â鶹APP, after due consideration of all the facts, proposals and suggestions advanced in the course of its deliberations, that the Committee submits its recommendations on the modalities for the implementation of the exercise of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.<\/p><\/div>\n

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"II. THE RIGHT OF RETURN<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The natural and inalienable right of Palestinians to return to their homes is recognized by resolution <\/span>194 (III)<\/a>, which the General Assembly has reaffirmed almost every year since its adoption.  This right was also unanimously recognized by the Security Council in its resolution <\/span>237 (1967)<\/a>; the time for the urgent implementation of these resolutions is long overdue.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"Without prejudice to the right of all Palestinians to return to their homes, land and property, the Committee considers that the programme of implementation of the exercise of this right may be carried out in two phases:<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Phase one<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The first phase involves the return to their homes of the Palestinians displaced as a result of the war of June 1967.  The Committee recommends that:<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t"(i)\t<\/span>The Security Council should request the immediate implementation of its resolution 237 (1967) and that such\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\timplementation should not be related to any other condition;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t"(ii)\t<\/span>The resources of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and\/or of the Â鶹APP Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), suitably financed and mandated, may be employed to assist in the solution of any logistical problems involved in the resettlement of those returning to their homes.  These agencies could also assist, in co-operation with the host countries and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), in the identification of the displaced Palestinians.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"Phase two<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The second phase deals with the return to their homes of the Palestinians displaced between 1948 and 1967.  The Committee recommends that:<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t"(ii)\t<\/span>Palestinians not choosing to return to their homes should be paid just and equitable compensation as provided for in resolution 194 (III).\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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"III.  THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION, NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND SOVEREIGNTY<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The Palestinian people has the inherent right to self-determination, national independence and sovereignty in Palestine.  The Committee considers that the evacuation of the territories occupied by force and in violation of the principles of the Charter and relevant resolutions of the Â鶹APP is a conditio sine qua non<\/u> for the exercise by the Palestinian people of its inalienable rights to return to their homes and property and with the establishment of an independent Palestinian entity, the Palestinian people will be able to exercise its right to self-determination and to decide its form of government without external interference.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"The Committee also feels that the Â鶹APP has an historical duty and responsibility to render all assistance necessary to promote the economic development and prosperity of the Palestinian entity.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"To these ends, the Committee recommends that:<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t"(c)\t<\/span>Israel should be requested by the Security Council to desist from the establishment of new settlements and to withdraw during this period from settlements established since 1967 in the occupied territories.  Arab property and all essential services in these areas should be maintained intact;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t"(d)\t<\/span>Israel should also be requested to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, and to declare, pending its speedy withdrawal from these territories, its recognition of the applicability of that Convention;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t"(e)\t<\/span>The evacuated territories, with all property and services intact, should be taken over by the Â鶹APP, which, with the co-operation of the League of Arab States, will subsequently hand over these evacuated areas to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the representative of the Palestinian people;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t"(f)\t<\/span>The Â鶹APP should, if necessary, assist in establishing communications between Gaza and the West Bank;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t"(g)\t<\/span>As soon as the independent Palestinian entity has been established, the Â鶹APP, in co-operation with the States directly involved and the Palestinian entity, should, taking into account General Assembly resolution 3375 (XXX), make further arrangements for the full implementation of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, the resolution of outstanding problems and the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the region, in accordance with all relevant Â鶹APP resolutions;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t"(h)\t<\/span>The Â鶹APP should provide the economic and technical assistance necessary for the consolidation of the Palestinian entity."\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>In its 1978 report, the Palestinian Rights Committee stated its opinion that "positive action by the Security Council on the recommendations endorsed by the General Assembly could create the necessary conditions for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East".<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Committee also recommended that the Assembly should urge that it be guided constantly by the following basic principles relating to the problem of Palestine within the Middle East situation:<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"(a)  The question of Palestine is at the heart of the problem of the Middle East and consequently no solution to the Middle East problem could be envisaged without taking into account the rights of the Palestinian people;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"(b)  The realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to return to their homes and to self-determination, independence and national sovereignty would contribute to a solution of the crisis in the Middle East;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"(c)  The participation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the representative of the Palestinian people, on an equal footing with all other parties on the basis of General Assembly resolutions 3236 (XXIX) and 3375 (XXX) is indispensable in all efforts, deliberations and conferences on the Middle East undertaken under the auspices of the Â鶹APP; and<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>"(d)  The inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force and the obligation which devolved on Israel to withdraw completely and quickly from all territory so occupied.<\/p><\/div>\n

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