A/HRC/25/37 21. In its response dated 24 October 2013, the Permanent Delegation of the European Union referred to the conclusions of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council on the Middle East peace process of 10 December 2012, in which the Council expressed its commitment to ensuring that all agreements between the State of Israel and the European Union must – in line with international law – unequivocally and explicitly indicate their inapplicability to the territories occupied by Israel in 1967, including the occupied Syrian Golan.1 In its note verbale, the European Union stated that this decision was in line with its long-standing position not to recognize the sovereignty of Israel over the occupied territories or consider them to be part of Israeli territory. 1 Council conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process, para. 4, available from http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/134140.pdf. 5