A/HRC/13/52 6. On 12 January 2010, the Permanent Mission of Pakistan replied to the note verbale, emphasizing that Pakistan does not recognize any of the Israeli legislative or administrative measures mentioned in the above resolution. Pakistan advocates an equitable resolution of the occupied Syrian Golan issue consistent with the relevant United Nations resolutions and various peace initiatives, especially the Arab Peace Initiative, which calls for the withdrawal of Israeli forces to pre-1967 borders. Pakistan also condemns persistent human rights violations in the occupied Arab territories including the occupied Syrian Golan and urges the international community to play its due role to ease the lives of the people in the occupied Arab territories. 7. On 14 January 2010, the Permanent Mission of Algeria replied to the note verbale, emphasizing that its position on the question of the occupied Golan and its two interrelated manifestations, the restoration of Syrian sovereignty over the occupied Golan and the human rights situation, is in accordance with the principles of international law and relevant international standards. Algeria states that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken or to be taken by Israel to change the physical character and the legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan are null and void, constitute a flagrant violation of international law and the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 relative to the Protection of Civilians in Time of War, and have no legal effect. Algeria recalls that it expressed in many forums and international meetings its condemnation of the Israeli occupation over the Arab Syrian Golan. It requested the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Golan and called for the restoration of the Syrian sovereignty over this occupied territory. Algeria considers that the resolution of the issue of the occupation over the Golan constitutes a necessary condition to reach a just and comprehensive solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Algeria notes that it will not accept less than the restoration of all occupied Arab territories in Palestine, the Syrian Arab Republic and Lebanon. 8. Concerning the human rights situation in the occupied Syrian Golan, Algeria strongly condemns the repressive Israeli practices against Syrian citizens resisting the occupation and trying to preserve their Arab identity. Algeria recalls that it supported many resolutions of the League of Arab States which condemned Israeli practices and their flagrant violations of human rights, and requested the Security Council and the Human Rights Council to guarantee the respect by Israel of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including the right to family visits in Syria. 9. On 15 January 2010, the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations Office at Geneva replied to the note verbale emphasizing that the occupation of the Syrian Golan is contrary to the norms of international law. Egypt stresses that it does not recognize the decision of Israel to annex the Golan or any other decision taken by the Israeli administration to impose the Israeli identity on the inhabitants of the Golan. Egypt condemns the policies of confiscation of lands from the Syrian citizens and the establishment of Israeli settlements, underlining the illegality of these settlements. Egypt affirms the right to freedom of movement for Syrian citizens and the right to health and education. It also requests the occupying Power to release Syrian detainees and prisoners from Israeli prisons. 10. On 22 January 2010, the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations Office at Geneva replied to the note verbale, emphasizing that Israel continues to refuse to return the occupied Golan to Syria and to comply with the Security Council’s relevant resolutions, including resolution 497 (1981). 11. The Syrian Arab Republic stresses that the prohibition imposed on the population of the occupied Golan to visit their families in Syria reveals the most flagrant violation of international, human rights and international humanitarian laws committed by Israel. It notes that such prohibition is incompatible with the minimum obligations of the occupying GE.10-12513 3