A/HRC/19/46 I. Introduction 1. In its resolution 16/17, the Human Rights Council called upon Israel 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 Security Council decided, inter alia, that the decision of Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan was null and void and without international legal effect, and demanded that Israel rescind forthwith its decision. The Human Rights Council also requested the Secretary-General to bring resolution 16/17 to the attention of all Governments, 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 the matter to the Council at its nineteenth session. II. Implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 16/17 2. On 1 November 2011, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), on behalf of the Secretary-General, addressed a note verbale to the Government of Israel referring to Human Rights Council resolution 16/17, requesting information on any steps taken or envisaged to be taken concerning the implementation of the relevant provisions of that resolution. No reply was received to that request. 3. Also on 1 November 2011, OHCHR, on behalf of the Secretary-General, addressed a note verbale to all permanent missions to draw their attention to Human Rights Council resolution 16/17 and to request the Governments of Member States to provide information on any steps that they had taken or envisaged taking concerning the implementation of the relevant provisions of the resolution. The Permanent Missions of the Syrian Arab Republic and of Algeria replied to the note verbale. 4. On 14 November 2011, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic regretted to note that, despite the repeated requests from the international community for the complete withdrawal of Israel from the Syrian Golan, Israel continued to occupy the Golan, pursued daily repressive practices against the population of the Golan and persisted in its flagrant violations of international law and norms with impunity. The Syrian Arab Republic stated that General Assembly resolution 65/18 confirmed the failure of Israel to withdraw from the Syrian Golan and its disregard for the resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly. In resolution 65/18, the General Assembly declared that the annexation by Israel of the Syrian Golan in 1981 and its subsequent imposition of Israeli laws, nationality and administration on Syrian Golan were null and void, without legal effect and had to be revoked. The Syrian Arab Republic noted that, after 44 years of Israeli occupation and despite international resolutions and demands from the international community, Israel continues to ignore those demands and resolutions. The Syrian Arab Republic affirmed its desire to continue to work and cooperate with the United Nations with a view to ending that occupation. On the basis of that understanding, the Syrian Arab Republic stated that United Nations resolutions continue to be the reference for a just and comprehensive resolution of the problems in the Middle East. According to the note verbale, President Bashar Al Assad had declared on more than one occasion that the Syrian Arab Republic was willing to resume peace negotiations on the same basis on which the Madrid peace process was started in 1991. It also noted that the Syrian Arab Republic had declared in all international forums its full commitment to relevant international resolutions and called for their implementation, in particular Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 497 2