A/HRC/22/36 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 19/14, in which the Council called upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply with relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council. The Council recalled in particular Security Council resolution 497 (1981), in which it 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 19/14 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 thereon to the Council at its twentysecond session. II. Implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 19/14 2. On 20 September 2012, 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 19/14, requesting information on any steps taken or envisaged to be taken concerning the implementation of the said resolution. No reply was received. 3. Also on 20 September 2012, OHCHR, on behalf of the Secretary-General, addressed a note verbale to all permanent missions in Geneva to draw their attention to resolution 19/14 and to request the Governments of Member States to provide information on any steps taken or envisaged to be taken concerning the implementation of the relevant provisions of the resolution. The Permanent Missions of the Syrian Arab Republic and of Cuba responded by means of notes verbales, on 5 and 9 October 2012, respectively. 4. On 8 October 2012, OHCHR, on behalf of the Secretary-General, brought resolution 19/14 to the attention of the competent United Nations organs, specialized agencies, international and regional intergovernmental organizations and international humanitarian organizations, pursuant to the request of the Council made in the resolution. 5. In its note verbale, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic stated that, despite repeated requests from the international community for the complete withdrawal of Israel from the Syrian Golan, Israel continued to occupy the territory, to pursue daily repressive practices against Syrians there and to persist in its “flagrant” violation of international laws and norms with impunity. It also stated that Israel continued to ignore the resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly, including such recent resolutions as Human Rights Council resolution 19/22 and General Assembly resolution 66/80. The Syrian Arab Republic pointed out that, after 45 years of Israeli occupation, and despite resolutions and demands from the international community, Israel continued undeterred its expansionist goals. 6. In its note verbale, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic affirmed its desire to cooperate with the United Nations with a view to ending the occupation of the Syrian Golan and the other Arab territories. On the basis of that understanding, the Government added that United Nations resolutions continued to be the basis for a just and comprehensive settlement of the problems in the Middle East. President Bashar Al-Assad had declared, on more than one occasion, the willingness of the Syrian Arab Republic to resume peace negotiations on the same basis as that on which the Madrid peace process had 2