A/HRC/10/29
Recalling also Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338
(1973) of 22 October 1973, 1397 (2002) of 12 March 2002 and 1402 (2002) of 30 March
2002,
Recalling further the conclusion of the International Court of Justice, in its advisory
opinion of 9 July 2004, that the construction of the wall by Israel, the occupying Power, in
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, along with measures
previously taken, severely impedes the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination,
Recalling the resolutions adopted in this regard by the Commission on Human
Rights, the latest being resolution 2005/1 of 7 April 2005,
Reaffirming the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination in accordance
with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and relevant United Nations
resolutions and declarations, and the provisions of international covenants and instruments
relating to the right to self-determination as an international principle and as a right of all
peoples in the world, as it is a jus cogens in international law and a basic condition for
achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the region of the Middle East,
1.
Reaffirms the inalienable, permanent and unqualified right of the Palestinian
people to self-determination, including their right to live in freedom, justice and dignity and
to establish their sovereign, independent, democratic and viable contiguous State;
2.
Also reaffirms its support for the solution of two States, Palestine and Israel,
living side by side in peace and security;
3.
Stresses the need for respect for and preservation of the territorial unity,
contiguity and integrity of all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem;
4.
Urges all Member States and relevant bodies of the United Nations system to
support and assist the Palestinian people in the early realization of their right to selfdetermination;
5.
Decides to continue the consideration of this question at its thirteenth session
in March 2010.
43rd meeting
26 March 2009
[Adopted without a vote. See part II, chap. VII.]
10/21
Follow-up to Council resolution S-9/1 on the grave violations of human
rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly due to the
recent Israeli military attacks against the occupied Gaza Strip
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling its resolution S-9/1 of 12 January 2009,
Recalling also its decision to dispatch an urgent, independent international factfinding mission, to be appointed by the President of the Council, to investigate all
violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law by the
occupying Power, Israel, against the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, particularly in the occupied Gaza Strip, due to the latest aggression,
and that it called upon Israel not to obstruct the process of investigation and to fully
cooperate with the mission,
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