A/HRC/43/69 the announcement violated other resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council in relation to the occupied Syrian Golan. 8. The Syrian Arab Republic stressed the need for OHCHR to closely follow the human rights situation of the Syrian Arab population of the occupied Syrian Golan in line with its mandate. It highlighted its continued efforts to sustain condemnations of Israeli practices and violations against the Syrian Arab population of the occupied Syrian Golan in various international forums, while referring to efforts by Israel and the United States to legitimize Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan and to marginalize the issue or any reference to it. 9. The Syrian Arab Republic noted that the non-aligned States, in a communiqué adopted at the conclusion of a meeting held in Baku on 25 and 26 October 2019, had reiterated their condemnation of the recognition by the United States of the annexation by Israel of the occupied Syrian Golan. They urged the international community and the Security Council to assume their responsibility in that regard and to recognize that the annexation was in violation of international law, the Charter of the United Nations and Security Council resolution 497 (1981). 10. The Syrian Arab Republic added that on 26 March 2019 the Organization of the Islamic Conference had condemned the recognition by the United States of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan as a means to legitimize the occupation. It considered that such measures constituted a clear violation of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions, including Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 497 (1981). The Organization of the Islamic Conference stressed that the decision of the United States did not alter the legal status of the Syrian Golan, noting that it continued to be occupied Syrian Arab land according to the relevant United Nations resolutions and international law. The General Secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Conference urged all States to respect international law and relevant United Nations resolutions in that regard. 11. The Syrian Arab Republic noted that the Secretary-General, in his note entitled “Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan”, continued to reaffirm the validity of Security Council resolution 497 (1981), in which the Council had decided that the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan was null and void and without international legal effect (A/74/88-E/2019/71). The Syrian Arab Republic added that the Secretary-General had highlighted recent developments in the occupied Syrian Golan and the human rights violations committed against the Syrian Arab population by Israel as occupation authorities and noted the illegality of establishing and expanding Israeli settlements and associated infrastructure as well as the transfer of Israeli citizens to territory Israel occupies by force, which is illegal under international law. The Syrian Arab Republic pointed out that the Secretary-General had also stated that Syrians in the occupied Syrian Golan continued to face discrimination, particularly with regard to land, housing and development, and that it was almost impossible for Syrians in the Golan to obtain building permits while the number of demolition orders for houses and structures owned by Syrians issued by the occupation authorities had reached 1,570 since 1983. The Syrian Arab Republic added that discriminatory policies by Israel extended to work opportunities and agriculture with the aim of further entrenching the occupation. 12. The Syrian Arab Republic highlighted that, in the aforementioned note, the Secretary-General had concluded that the long-term Israeli occupation had a negative impact on the living conditions of both the Syrian and Palestinian populations and on their social and economic development; that the impact of the occupation was multilayered and had a cumulative effect on the future of populations living under occupation. The Secretary-General had considered those practices to be discriminatory and that they may amount to forced displacement or collective punishment for protected persons, which was prohibited under international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention. 13. The Syrian Arab Republic noted that the Director General of the International Labour Organization had, in his 2019 report on the situation of workers of the occupied 3