10th Emergency
Special Session
Resolution ES-10/12 (19
September 2003)
Illegal Israeli actions in
Occupied East
Jerusalem
and the rest of the
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
The General Assembly,
Recalling its previous resolutions
adopted by the tenth emergency special session,
Recalling also Security Council
resolutions 242 (1967) of 22
November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, 1397 (2002) of 12 March 2002, 1402
(2002) of 30 March 2002, 1403 (2002) of 4 April 2002, 1405 (2002) of 19 April 2002 and 1435 (2002) of 24 September 2002,
Reiterating its grave concern at the
tragic and violent events that have taken place since September 2000 which
have caused enormous suffering and many innocent victims throughout the
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory, including
East Jerusalem, and in
Israel,
Condemning the suicide
bombings and their recent intensification and recalling in that regard, that
in the framework of the road-map the Palestinian Authority has to take all
necessary measures to end violence and terror,
Deploring the
extrajudicial killings and their recent escalation and underlining that they
are a violation of international law and international humanitarian law and
compromise the efforts to re-launch the peace process and must be stopped,
Reaffirming the illegality of the
deportation of any Palestinian by
Israel, the
occupying Power, and affirming its opposition to any such deportation,
Reiterating also the need for respect
in all circumstances of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva
Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of
12 August 1949,
1.
Reiterates
its demands for the complete cessation of all acts of violence, including all
acts of terrorism, provocation, incitement and destruction;
2.
Demands
that Israel,
the occupying Power, desist from any act of deportation and to cease any
threat to the safety of the elected President of the Palestinian
Authority;
3.
Expresses
its full support for the efforts of the Quartet and demands that the two sides fully
implement their obligations in accordance with the Road Map, and emphasizes in
this context the importance of the forthcoming meeting of the Quartet in
New York;
4.
Decides to
adjourn the tenth emergency special session temporarily and to authorize the
President of the General Assembly at its most recent session to resume its
meeting upon request from Member States.