A/HRC/19/46 agreement leading to the withdrawal of Israel from the occupied Syrian Golan and East Jerusalem, and to require the support of more than 80 per cent of Israelis for such a withdrawal. It pointed out that the motion represented a violation of – and showed contempt – for international law, which stipulates that territory may not be acquired by force, and was also incompatible with Security Council resolution 497 (1981). 10. In its note verbale, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic reaffirmed its request made to the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the President of the Human Rights Council and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross to put pressure on Israel to ensure that the Syrian prisoners detained in its jails are kept in more humane health conditions. It also rejected the trials by the Israeli occupation authorities of the Syrian nationals Majed Shaer, sentenced to five and a half years in prison; his son Fidaa, sentenced to three years in prison; and Yusuf Shams, sentenced to five years in prison. The Government also underlined its request to the above-mentioned international figures to put pressure on Israel to rescind its decision barring visits by citizens from the occupied Syrian Golan to their homeland, the Syrian Arab Republic, through the Qunaitra crossing, including the refusal to allow the Syrian student, Raeq Sha’lan, to return to the occupied Golan on 5 July 2011, as well as its refusal to allow the family of the young Syrian student Faras Abu Saleh, who was sick and in hospital, to visit him for three days in January 2010. According to the Government, in addition to the psychological and physical suffering of Syrian citizens, this also violates international humanitarian law. The Syrian Arab Republic stressed that Israeli practices in the occupied Syrian Golan exceed legal and moral boundaries. The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic called on the international community to take all necessary measures and put pressure on Israel so that it complies with its obligations under international law. 11. On 18 November 2011, the Permanent Mission of Algeria, in a note verbale, emphasized 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, remained in accordance with the principles of international law and relevant international standards. In its note verbale, Algeria stated 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 were null and void, constituted 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 had no legal effect. The Government of Algeria recalled that it had expressed in many forums and international meetings its condemnation of the Israeli occupation of the Arab Syrian Golan. It demanded the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Golan and called for the restoration of Syrian sovereignty over the territory. It considered that the resolution of the issue of the occupation of the Golan constituted a necessary condition to reach a just and comprehensive solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Government of Algeria would not accept anything less than the restoration of all occupied Arab territories in Palestine, the Syrian Arab Republic and Lebanon. With regard to the human rights situation in the occupied Syrian Golan, Algeria strongly condemned the repressive Israeli practices against Syrian citizens resisting the occupation and trying to preserve their right to their land and their Arab identity. Algeria recalled that it had supported many resolutions of the League of Arab States that condemned practices by Israel and its flagrant violations of human rights, and demanded that the United Nations, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council 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 for Syrians. 4