A/HRC/16/25 7. The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic emphasizes the responsibility of the United Nations to put pressure on Israel to release Syrian detainees in Israeli prisons and withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights. Syria calls upon the international community to put pressure on Israel to annul its decision barring family visits by citizens from the occupied Syrian Golan to Syria through the Qunaitra crossing. In addition to the psychological and physical suffering of Syrian citizens, Syria maintains, this also violates international humanitarian law. Syria stresses that Israeli practices in the occupied Syrian Golan exceed legal and moral boundaries. The most recent example of this is the imposition by the Israeli authorities of a two-year house arrest on a two-year-old child, Fahid Lu’ay Shuqeir, who was born outside Israel while his parents were students in the Syria. 8. Finally, the Syrian Arab Republic underscores its support for the General Assembly resolution 63/30, entitled “Jerusalem”, and calls upon the international community to put pressure on Israel to withdraw from the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and to comply with Security Council resolution 478 (1980), in which the Council determined that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, which have altered or purport to alter the character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem, and, in particular, the "basic law" on Jerusalem, are null and void and must be rescinded. 9. In a note verbale dated 30 August 2010, the Government of Argentina expressed its support for United Nations resolutions concerning the situation in the occupied Golan Heights. In this context, it calls for Israel’s strict observance of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions, especially Security Council resolution 497 (1981). In addition, Argentina maintains the principle of inadmissibility of annexation of territory by force, in accordance with Council resolution 242 (1967). Argentina further expresses the view that the conflict between Syria and Israel should be resolved peacefully and calls on Israel to fully comply with Human Rights Council resolution 13/5, particularly in light of the relevant General Assembly resolutions on this matter. Finally, Argentina affirms that it does not recognize legislative and administrative measures and actions taken or to be taken by Israel that seek to alter the character and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan. 10. On 20 October 2010, the Permanent Mission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office at Geneva replied to the note verbale, denouncing the human rights violations in the occupied Syrian Golan and stating that it considers all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken or to be taken by Israel that seek to alter the character and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan to be null and void and with no legal effect. The Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea also demands the immediate withdrawal of Israel from the occupied Golan Heights. 3