A/HRC/25/37 water than the Syrian population to the detriment of Syrian agricultural production. According to the Syrian Arab Republic, even if Syrian farmers manage to cultivate their land, they face difficulties in marketing their products. In an effort to help these farmers, the Government, in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, has facilitated the trade of apples of the occupied Syrian Golan in the Syrian Arab Republic. 13. The Syrian Arab Republic concluded by condemning the violations of civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights affecting the Syrian population of the occupied Golan and recalled that the occupied Syrian Golan was an integral part of Syrian territory. 14. The Permanent Mission of Ireland, in its note verbale dated 7 October 2013, stressed that its Government did not recognize any of the legislative or administrative measures referred to in Human Rights Council resolution 22/17 which purport to apply in the occupied Syrian Golan. 15. On 15 November 2013, the Permanent Mission of Cuba sent a note verbale expressing full support for resolution 22/17 and calling for its prompt and strict implementation by all member States. 16. Cuba strongly condemned the “brutal” practices against Syrians held in Israeli prisons and further reiterated its serious concern about the inhumane conditions of detention of Syrians, which had a negative impact on their physical health, putting their lives in danger in clear violation of international humanitarian law. 17. Cuba also mentioned that 120 member States of the Non-Aligned Movement had expressed unconditional support and solidarity with the legitimate demand of the Syrian Arab Republic to fulfil its sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan, based on the Arab peace initiative and the Madrid peace process, as well as the principle of land for peace, in conformity with relevant Security Council resolutions. According to Cuba, the ongoing occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation constitutes an obstacle to achieving fair, comprehensive and long-lasting peace in the region. 18. Cuba reiterated that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel in the last 46 years were null and without juridical validity. Cuba also referred to attempts by Israel to modify the legal status, physical characteristics, demographic composition and institutional structure of the occupied Syrian Golan. 19. Cuba reaffirmed its view that the decision taken by Israel on 14 December 1981 in this regard and its illegal activities of construction and expansion of settlements since 1967, constituted a blatant violation of international humanitarian law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Charter of the United Nations and Security Council resolution 497 (1981). Furthermore, Cuba mentioned that the confiscation of territories was nonadmissible by virtue of international law. It demanded that Israel fulfil immediately and unconditionally its obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention and all relevant United Nations resolutions pertaining to the occupied Syrian Golan. 20. In addition, Cuba called upon Israel to withdraw immediately from the Syrian Golan to the lines that existed on 4 June 1967, in compliance with Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). Cuba further noted that Israel should renounce its unrestrained attempts to take over the occupied Syrian Golan. It concluded by noting that foreign occupation, policies of expansion and aggression, the creation of settlements and of fait accompli on the ground and the forcible annexation of territories, are practices that violate international instruments and norms. 4