A/HRC/5/11 Page 5 way of future visits by the Special Rapporteur. 17. I regret that my health prevents me from reporting to the Human Rights Council in person. I trust, however, that the present report provides a full explanation why resolution S-1/1 cannot be implemented and why the Human Rights Council should move on and concentrate on more pressing violations of human rights and humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, such as air strikes in Gaza; military incursions into the West Bank and Gaza; the arrest of Palestinian cabinet ministers, mayors and legislators; the continued expansion of settlements; the construction of the Wall; the terrorization of Palestinians in Hebron; the de facto annexation of the Jordan Valley; and the system of checkpoints. There is also the question of what action is to be taken to promote respect for human rights in the OPT. As suggested in my report (A/HRC/4/17), a request for a further Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences for the occupied people, the Occupying Power and third States of 40 years of occupation might be one method of promoting human rights. Another is an appeal to the Quartet (European Union, Russian Federation, United States of America, and the United Nations) to concern itself more with human rights in its quest for a peaceful settlement in the region. Attention to matters of this kind would, in my opinion, best serve the interests and advance the human rights of the Palestinian people. -----