A/HRC/40/41 Sham), in the occupied Syrian Golan. Israel continued to prevent Mr. al-Miqt’s family from visiting him. 22. The Syrian Arab Republic reported that Arab and Syrian prisoners, currently detained by Israel, continued to be subjected to denial of adequate medical care, torture, and inhuman and degrading treatment. It accused Israel of subjecting some detainees to medical experiments that had later resulted in serious illness and death, including in the cases of Hayel Abu Zeid, Sitan al-Wali and Asaad Fares Abdel Wali, who had reportedly died due to medical negligence in Israeli detention facilities. 23. The Syrian Arab Republic emphasized that the population of the occupied Syrian Golan had been suffering for more than 51 years from the effect of landmines planted by Israel in their lands and residential areas. The persistence shown by Israel in its refusal to provide additional information as to the quantity, types and location of those landmines constituted a serious threat to the safety and physical integrity of Syrian residents. 24. The Syrian Arab Republic noted that Israel continued to bury nuclear waste with radioactive content in 20 different areas populated by Syrian citizens of the occupied Syrian Golan, particularly in the vicinity of Al-Sheikh Mountain. The practice had put the lives and health of Syrians in the occupied Syrian Golan in jeopardy, and constituted a serious violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. 25. According to the Syrian Arab Republic, Israel continued to violate the resolutions on counter-terrorism adopted by the Security Council by providing logistical support to “terrorist groups”, such as the Nusrah Front, currently operating along the ceasefire line. It accused Israel of providing those groups with weapons, ammunition, money and medical care to frighten the local population and to maintain a no-go zone along the ceasefire lines. 26. The Syrian Arab Republic noted that all of the systematic Israeli practices were aimed to consolidate the occupation of the Syrian Golan, including by altering the demographic, geographical, cultural and political nature of the occupied Syrian Golan and its security. It regretted that the international community had decided to remain silent in the face of such practices. 27. The Syrian Arab Republic recalled that, after 51 years of occupation, Israel continued its practices with impunity and with disregard for international law, United Nations resolutions and the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention. It concluded by urging the international community to put an immediate end to the Israeli illegal occupation of the Syrian Golan and not to recognize any of the legislative or administrative measures and actions taken by Israel in the occupied Syrian Golan, including with regard to its settlement policies. It called upon Member States and international organizations to keep monitoring and reporting on the human rights situation in the occupied Syrian Golan. 28. By note verbale dated 3 December 2018, the Permanent Mission of Algeria stated that it did not recognize, and would not recognize, any of the legislative or administrative measures and actions taken by Israel in the occupied Syrian Golan. 29. By note verbale dated 5 December 2018, the Permanent Mission of Iraq reaffirmed the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force and the illegal nature of all measures taken by Israel to impose its laws and jurisdiction on the occupied Syrian Golan. 30. The Permanent Mission of Iraq categorically rejected the holding of municipal elections in the occupied Syrian Golan and reaffirmed the urgent need to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention. It expressed its objection to all settlement campaigns and emphasized that the displaced persons of the occupied Syrian Golan must be allowed to return to their homes and to recover their properties. 31. The Permanent Mission of Iraq stressed the urgent need to respect the Charter of the United Nations, including with regard to respecting national sovereignty and the territorial integrity of States, and called for the implementation of all international resolutions on the occupied Syrian Golan. 5