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Noting with regret that Israel, the occupying Power, has not implemented to date these two
resolutions and hindered the dispatching of the urgent fact-finding missions specified therein,
1.
Calls for the implementation of its resolutions S-1/1 and S-3/1, including the
dispatching of the urgent fact-finding missions;
2.
Requests the President of the Human Rights Council and the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights to report to the Council at its next session on their efforts
for the implementation of Council resolutions S-1/1 and S-3/1 and on the compliance of Israel,
the occupying Power, with these two resolutions.
21st meeting
28 September 2007
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. VII.]
6/19. Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including East Jerusalem
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
Recalling also article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which stipulates that
everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in that Declaration, without
distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion,
national or social origin, property, birth or other status, and that no distinction should be made on
the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which
a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other
limitation of sovereignty,
Aware of the responsibility of the international community to promote human rights and
ensure respect for international law,
Emphasizing the particularity of Occupied East Jerusalem in its rich religious and cultural
heritage,
Recalling relevant Security Council resolutions on Occupied East Jerusalem,
Affirming the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of
Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including East Jerusalem,
Deeply concerned at the Israeli actions undermining the sanctity and inviolability of
religious sites in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
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