A/HRC/34/37 territory by force were practices that violated international instruments and norms, and had a negative impact on the human rights of the Syrian people, in particular of those living in the occupied Syrian Golan. 9. Cuba rejected Israeli practices aimed at controlling and exploiting the natural resources of the occupied Syrian Golan in what it described as a flagrant violation of resolutions adopted by the Security Council and the General Assembly on the sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, including of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan. 10. The Permanent Mission of Cuba vehemently condemned what it described as the violations of international humanitarian law committed by Israeli authorities in relation to Syrian detainees in the occupied Syrian Golan, reiterating its profound concern at the continuing brutal practices and also expressing its concern at the “inhumane conditions” created by Israel. 11. Cuba added that the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries had expressed its unconditional support and solidarity for what it described as the legitimate demand of the Syrian Arab Republic to fulfil its sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan, on the basis of the Arab Peace Initiative and the Madrid peace process, and the principle of land for peace, in conformity with relevant Security Council resolutions. According to Cuba, the ongoing occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation were an obstacle to achieving fair, comprehensive and long-lasting peace in the region. 12. In its note verbale, the Permanent Mission of Cuba emphasized that the use of the occupied Syrian Golan by the State of Israel to interfere in the Syrian conflict and to attack new territories in the Syrian Arab Republic constituted a destabilizing factor. It also noted that such actions had the potential to exacerbate the difficult humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic. 13. In a note verbale dated 8 November 2016, the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation stated that it did not recognize any of the legislative or administrative measures or actions taken by Israel in the occupied Syrian Golan that contradicted Security Council resolution 242 (1967). 14. On 11 November 2016, the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic addressed a note verbale to OHCHR, in which it underlined the need to respect and to implement fully the Fourth Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians, and called upon all Member States not to recognize any of the legislative or administrative measures or actions taken by Israel in the occupied Syrian Golan. It also called upon all Member States to refrain from providing any support to Israel that would be used in settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan and with respect to economic activity leading to violations of international human rights law. It provided information about the continued occupation of the Syrian Golan by Israel and its practices “aimed at perpetuating its occupation”, in violation of the economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights of Syrian citizens of the occupied Syrian Golan, and in contravention of international law and relevant Security Council resolutions. 15. The Syrian Arab Republic provided information about the alleged arbitrary arrests of Syrians and lack of due process guarantees afforded to Syrians, and called upon the international community to demand that Israel immediately and unconditionally release all Syrian detainees and prisoners held in Israeli detention facilities. The Syrian Arab Republic pointed out that Syrians in the occupied Syrian Golan continued to be subjected to deprivation of their liberty, including “house arrests”, arbitrary arrests and unlawful detention, and that, in Israeli prisons, they were denied family visits. It underlined the recent detention campaign that had affected dozens of Syrian inhabitants of the occupied Syrian Golan. According to the Syrian Arab Republic, some Syrians had been released after 3