A/HRC/13/52 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 10/17 of 26 March 2009, in which the Council inter alia called upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council, in particular Security Council resolution 497 (1981), in which the latter decided, inter alia, that the decision of Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan is null and void and without international legal effect, and demanded that Israel should rescind forthwith its decision. The Human Rights Council also requested the Secretary-General to bring the resolution to the attention of all Governments, the competent United Nations organs, specialized agencies, international and regional intergovernmental organizations and international humanitarian organizations, to disseminate it as widely as possible and to report on this matter to the Council at its thirteenth session. 2. Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 63/99, the Secretary-General produced a report on the same subject for the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly.1 The report focused on the implementation of the resolution and was based on information collected during the mission of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to the Syrian Arab Republic between 4 and 11 July 2009. Israel, which refused to cooperate with any such mission made pursuant to General Assembly or Human Rights Council resolutions, denied the necessary visas to OHCHR staff. Therefore, the mission could not visit the occupied Syrian Golan. On this basis, the report focused on collecting human rights allegations on the ground as they affected the Syrian population in the occupied Syrian Golan, in particular those related to citizenship and identity, freedom of movement and the right to an adequate standard of living. 3. On 15 October 2009, in preparation for the submission of the present report, OHCHR, on behalf of the Secretary-General, addressed a note verbale to the Government of Israel referring to Human Rights Council resolution 10/17 and asking the Government of Israel to give any information on steps taken or to be taken concerning the implementation of the relevant provisions of that resolution. As in previous years, no reply had been received at the time of the preparation of the report. 4. On 15 October 2009, OHCHR, on behalf of the Secretary-General, sent a note verbale to all permanent missions regarding the same resolution, drawing attention to paragraph 8 of the resolution, which calls upon all Member States not to recognize any of the legislative or administrative measures and actions taken by the Government of Israel in the occupied Syrian Golan. 5. On 11 December 2009, the Permanent Mission of Morocco to the United Nations Office at Geneva replied to the note verbale, emphasizing its support to the Syrian Arab Republic for the complete return of the occupied Golan to the line of 4 June 1967. Morocco considers that steps taken by Israel, the occupying Power, to change the legal, physical, and demographic characters of the occupied Arab Syrian Golan are null and void, and violates the international agreements, the Charter and resolutions of the United Nations, more specifically Security Council resolution 497 (1981), and General Assembly resolution 99/63 of 5 December 2008, which confirms that the Israeli resolution to annex the Arab Syrian Golan on 14 December 1981 is null and void and without any legal effect. According to Morocco, this annexation constitutes a grave violation of the resolution 497 (1981) of the Security Council, the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 1 2 A/64/354. GE.10-12513