Agenda Item 115 

Right of peoples to self-determination

 Resolution 54/152 (Adopted on 17 December 1999/Vote: 156-2-1)

 The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination

              The General Assembly, 

            Aware that the development of friendly relations among nations, based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, is among the purposes and principles of the United Nations, as defined in its Charter, 

            Recalling the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993,  

            Recalling also the Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations,            

            Expressing the hope for rapid progress in the peace process and the achievement of a final settlement between the Palestinian and Israeli sides by the agreed time of September 2000,  

            Affirming the right of all States in the region to live in peace within secure and internationally recognized borders,

 1.        Reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including the option of a State; 

2.       Expresses the hope that the Palestinian people will soon be exercising their right to self-determination, which is not subject to any veto, in the current peace process; 

3.       Urges all States and the specialized agencies and organizations of the United Nations system to continue to support and assist the Palestinian people in their quest for self-determination.