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A/RES/62/56
The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East
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16 members of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference (ÒIslamic Group countries")
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ÒReaffirms the importance of
IsraelÕs accession to the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons and placement of all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive
International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, in realizing the goal of
universal adherence to the Treaty in the Middle EastÉÓ
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Resolution singles out Israel
while ignoring menacing actions of other states, including IranÕs illegal
efforts to acquire nuclear weapons in defiance of Security Council and
IAEA resolutions. Ignores overt and repeated threats against the
existence of Israel by neighboring states in the region.
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¥ Adopted by GA,
12/5/07
Vote: 170 Yes, 5 No, 7 Abstain
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A/RES/62/181
Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab
population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources
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Egypt on behalf of 25 Islamic
Group countries, Cuba, Namibia, Nicaragua, South Africa, Venezuela
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ÒExpressing its concern at the
exploitation by Israel, the occupying Power, of the natural resources of
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East JerusalemÉÓ
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One-sided resolution denies
IsraelÕs right to self-defense by describing every preventative measure
as conspiracy against Palestinian resources. Omits mention of Palestinian
terrorism or of any Palestinian obligation. Also omits Palestinian
destruction of Gaza greenhouses delivered intact by Israel.
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¥ Adopted by GA,
12/19/07
Vote: 166 Yes, 7 No, 6 Abstain
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A/RES/62/188
Oil Slick on Lebanese Shores
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Pakistan on behalf the Group of
77 and China
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ÒExpresses [the GAÕs] deep
concern over the adverse implications of the premeditated destruction by
the Israeli Air ForceÉfor the achievement of sustainable development in
LebanonÉÓ
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One-sided resolution completely
ignores HezbollahÕs role in launching hostilities, firing 4,000 rockets
and burning 500,000 trees in Northern Israel. Ignores LebanonÕs
non-compliance with SC Resolutions on dismantling Hezbollah. Singles out
Israel as only country to be censured under Sustainable Development
agenda item.
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¥ Adopted by GA,
12/19/07
Vote: 169 Yes, 8 No, 3 Abstain
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A/RES/62/146
The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination
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42 Islamic Group countries, 13
European Union countries, 17 African Group countries, 24 other
countries
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"Urges all States and the
specialized agencies and organizations of the United Nations system to
continue to support and assist the Palestinian people in the early
realization of their right to self-determination."
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Redundantly asserts a principle
that Israel has already recognized. Out of hundreds of self-determination
claims worldwide, resolution singles out one: the claim against Israel.
Omits Palestinian obligation under the Road Map to dismantle terrorist
infrastructure before a state is to be created.
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¥ Adopted by GA, 12/18/07
Vote: 176 Yes, 5 No, 4 Abstain
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A/RES/62/102
Assistance to Palestine refugees
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24 Islamic Group countries,
Croatia, Cuba, Namibia, South Africa, Switzerland, former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia.
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ÒExpressing grave concern at
the especially difficult situation of the Palestine refugees under occupation,
including with regard to their safety, well-being and socio-economic
living conditionsÉÓ
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Resolution serves Arab states
that seek to preserve Palestinians as pawns in political campaign to
delegitimize Israel. Intent and effect of singling out Palestinian from
all refugee claims in the world is to isolate and demonize Israel. No
reference to egregious Lebanese discrimination against refugees, as
documented by Amnesty International report. Redundant to resolutions
A/RES/62/80, A/RES/62/104, and A/RES/62/105.
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¥ Adopted by GA, 12/17/07
Vote: 171 Yes, 2 No, 6 Abstain
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A/RES/62/103
Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities
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24 Islamic Group countries,
Cuba, Namibia, South Africa
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ÒReaffirms the right of all
persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities
to return to their homes or former places of residence in the territories
occupied by Israel since 1967..."
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Resolution is redundant to
A/RES/62/80, A/RES/62/104, and A/RES/62/105. Purpose and effect are to
single out Israel for censure.
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¥ Adopted by GA,
12/17/07
Vote: 171 Yes, 6 No, 2 Abstain
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A/RES/62/104
Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
Refugees in the Near East
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24 Islamic Group countries,
Cuba, South Africa
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ÒUrges the Government of Israel
to speedily compensate the Agency for damage to its property and facilities
resulting from actions by the Israeli sideÉÓ
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Perpetuates anomaly whereby
Palestinians are only people not served by UNHCR but instead by special
agency. Resolution makes one-sided condemnations of Israeli actions, but
silent on Palestinian terrorism against Israelis and abuses of
Palestinian forces against their own citizens. Ignores UNRWA admission
that members of Hamas, a terrorist organization, were on its payroll.
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¥ Adopted by GA, 12/17/07
Vote: 170 Yes, 6 No, 3 Abstain
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A/RES/62/105
Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues
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25 Islamic Group countries,
Croatia, Cuba, Namibia, South Africa, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia
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ÒReaffirms that the Palestine
refugees are entitled to their property and to the income derived
therefrom, in conformity with the principles of equity and justiceÉÓ
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One-sided resolution ignores
claims of 900,000 Jewish refugees displaced from Arab lands. Repeats
statements previously established for purpose of censuring Israel and is
redundant to other 2006 resolutions. Prejudges negotiations.
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¥ Adopted by GA, 12/17/07
Vote: 170 Yes, 6 No, 3 Abstain
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A/RES/62/106
Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting
the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the
Occupied Territories
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23 Islamic Group countries,
Cuba, South Africa
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ÒDeplores those policies and
practices of Israel that violate the human rights of the Palestinian
people and other Arabs of the occupied territoriesÉÓ
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Perpetuates committee with
blatantly biased mandate of examining only Israeli actions, but ignoring
Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah terrorism. Welcomes election of Hamas.
Contrary to international law and resolution 242, claims that occupation
is itself a violation. History of 2000 events censors out suicide
bombings in Israeli restaurants and civilian areas.
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¥ Adopted by GA, 12/17/07
Vote: 93 Yes, 8 No, 74 Abstain
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A/RES/62/107
Applicability of the 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, and the other occupied
Arab territories
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24 Islamic Group countries,
Cuba, South Africa
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ÒDemands that Israel accept the
de jure applicability of the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied
by Israel since 1967, and that it comply scrupulously with the provisions
of the ConventionÉÓ
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One-sided demands on Israel
only. Ignores systematic violation of international humanitarian law by
Hamas government, granting impunity to Palestinian firing of Kassam
missiles on Israeli cities and other terrorist attacks.
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¥ Adopted by GA, 12/17/07
Vote: 169 Yes, 6 No, 3 Abstain
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A/RES/62/108
Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan
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23 Islamic Group countries,
Cuba, South Africa
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ÒReaffirms that the Israeli
settlements in the Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and in
the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and an obstacle to peace and
economic and social developmentÉÓ
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Adopts Palestinian position on
issues that Oslo Accords left to negotiations. Deliberately downplays
IsraelÕs concession of forcibly evacuating 10,000 Israelis from their
homes in Gaza. Israel treated with disdain in comparison to praise and
deference to governments shown by UN resolutions on Sudan and Myanmar.
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¥ Adopted by GA, 12/17/07
Vote: 165 Yes, 7 No, 5 Abstain
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A/RES/62/109
Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
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25 Islamic Group countries,
South Africa
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ÒExpressing grave concern about
the continuing systematic violation of the human rights of the
Palestinian people by IsraelÉÓ
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Seeks to strip Israel of its
inherent right to self-defense by classifying every such action as
violation of international law. In isolated references to attacks against
Israel neither the Palestinians nor any other responsible party is named.
Condemns Israel for tragic incident in Beit Hanoun without acknowledging
Palestinian rocket fire from the area, or distinguishing between
deliberate and unintentional acts. Redundant to A/RES/62/106. Demonizes
Israel for defending itself from suicide bombings.
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¥ Adopted by GA, 12/17/07
Vote: 156 Yes, 7 No, 11 Abstain
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A/RES/62/110
The occupied Syrian Golan
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24 Islamic Group countries,
Cuba, South Africa
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ÒThe Israeli decision to impose
its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan
was null and void and without international legal effect and demanded
that Israel, the occupying Power, rescind forthwith its decisionÉÓ
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Ignores SyriaÕs systematic
shelling of Israeli communities from positions on Golan Heights, its
leaderÕs calls for a Òwar of annihilationÓ against Israel, and SyriaÕs
1967 aggression that led to its loss of the territory. Neglects IsraelÕs
offers to trade the Golan for peace, SyriaÕs sponsorship of the enemies
of the peace process, and its support for terrorism.
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¥ Adopted by GA, 12/17/07
Vote: 164 Yes, 1 No, 10 Abstain
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A/RES/62/80
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian
People
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26 Islamic Group countries,
Cuba, Malta, Namibia, Nicaragua, South Africa, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
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"Requests the Committee to
continue to exert all efforts to promote the realization of the
inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, to support the Middle East
peace process and to mobilize international support for and assistance to
the Palestinian people...[and] to mobilize international solidarity and
support for the Palestinian people..."
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Biased committee is one of the
veteran pillars of the UNÕs anti-Israel infrastructure, the only GA human
rights committee devoted to a single cause. Its reports systematically
turn a blind eye to Palestinian suicide bombings and other acts of
premeditated violence against innocent men, women, and children.
CommitteeÕs mandate is only to look at Israeli action and is inherently
prejudiced and one-sided.
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¥ Adopted by GA,
12/10/07
Vote: 109 Yes, 8 No, 55 Abstain
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A/RES/62/81
Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat
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26 Islamic Group countries,
Cuba, Malta, Namibia, Nicaragua, South Africa, Venezuela,
Zimbabwe
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"Requests the Secretary-General
to continue to provide the Division with the necessary resources and to
ensure that it continues to carry out its programme of work [including]
the widest possible dissemination of publications and information
materials on various aspects of the question of Palestine and the
provision of the annual training programme for staff of the Palestinian
Authority..."
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The DPR serves the biased
special committee and is dedicated to spreading anti-Israel propaganda
the world over. Its 16-member staff is grossly disproportionate,
comparable to the other four divisions that cover enormous regions. Its
work is counter-productive to the peace process and seeks to coordinate
international boycotts against Israel instead of seeking bridges for
peace. Excludes from its events any group that declines to swear fealty
to its hardline politics.
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¥ Adopted by GA,
12/10/07
Vote: 110 Yes, 8 No, 54 Abstain
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A/RES/62/82
Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the
Department of Public Information of the Secretariat
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26 Islamic Group countries,
Cuba, Malta, Namibia, Nicaragua, South Africa, Venezuela,
Zimbabwe
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"Considers that the
special information programme on
the question of Palestine of the Department is very useful in raising the
awareness of the international community concerning the question of
Palestine and the situation in the Middle East..."
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The program is one more example
of how the neutral UN secretariat is forcibly co-opted by the
anti-Israeli forces at the UN. The program eschews a balanced approach by
overtly choosing the Palestinian over the Israeli narrative, ignoring
terrorism against Israeli men, women and children and other daily
realities of Israeli life. Resources devoted to anti-Israel propaganda
are taken away from other worthy causes.
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¥ Adopted by GA,
12/10/07
Vote: 161 Yes, 8 No, 5 Abstain
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A/RES/62/83
Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine
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26 Islamic Group countries,
Cuba, Malta, Namibia, Nicaragua, South Africa, Venezuela,
Zimbabwe
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"Expressing deep concern
about the continuing Israeli policy of closures and severe restrictions
on the movement of persons and goods, including medical and
humanitarian personnel and goods, via imposition of crossing closures,
hundreds of checkpoints and a permit regime throughout the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the consequent
negative impact on the socio-economic situation of the Palestinian people
and the compounding of the
prevailing humanitarian crisis..."
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Blames Israel only for lack of
peace. Expresses "concern" that 59 years have
passed since the 1947 partition plan, suggesting Israel is at
fault—when it was the Arab states and their Palestinian allies that
uniformly rejected that resolution and initiated hostilities the day
after its adoption. Text is redundant to several other resolutions and
serves no effect other than demonization. In section that condemns terror,
the responsible parties—Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Palestinian
Authority—are left anonymous, whereas Israel is named and blamed
throughout. Prejudges negotiations by adopting Palestinian positions.
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¥ Adopted by GA,
12/10/07
Vote: 161 Yes, 7 No, 5 Abstain
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A/RES/62/84
Jerusalem
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25 Islamic Group countries,
Cuba, Malta, Namibia, Nicaragua, South Africa, Venezuela,
Zimbabwe
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"Reiterates its
determination that any actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, to
impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Holy City of
Jerusalem are illegal and therefore null and void and have no validity
whatsoever, and calls upon Israel to cease all such illegal and
unilateral measures..."
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Implies that Israeli
administration of Jerusalem hinders freedom of religion when in fact the
opposite is true—before 1967, Jordan destroyed Jewish holy sites
and denied access to Jews, while under Israel all faiths have access to
the city and enjoy full freedoms. Uses harsh language against Israel that
is not used even against regimes like North Korea. Repeated passage of
annual resolution to address acts from 1980, or matters already covered
in other similar resolutions, serve no purpose other than demonization.
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¥ Adopted by GA,
12/10/07
Vote: 160 Yes, 6 No, 7 Abstain
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A/RES/62/85
The Syrian Golan
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26 Islamic Group countries,
Cuba, Malta, Namibia, Nicaragua, South Africa, Venezuela,
Zimbabwe
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"Determines once more that
the continued occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation
constitute a stumbling block in the way of achieving a
just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region..."
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Entirely redundant to
A/RES/62/110 on Òthe Occupied Syrian GolanÓ—see above for equally
applicable analysis. Demonstrates utter irrationality and absurdity of
devoting precious GA time and resources to anti-Israel resolutions.
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¥ Adopted by GA,
12/10/07
Vote: 111 Yes, 6 No, 56 Abstain
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