Summary
The Security Council resolution passed unanimously immediately after the June 1967 cease-fire, calling upon Israel to ensure the safety, welfare and security of the inhabitants of the areas where military operations had taken place and to facilitate the return of those who had fled, as quoted in the United Nations study (Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: Part II (1947-1977), lines 958-972 approx.).
Details
- Its preamble, as quoted, considers that essential and inalienable human rights should be respected even during the vicissitudes of war and that all the obligations of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949 should be complied with by the parties involved (lines 960-966 approx.).
- Paragraph 2 recommends the scrupulous respect of the humanitarian principles governing the treatment of prisoners of war and the protection of civilian persons in time of war contained in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 (lines 968-972 approx.).
- In August 1967 the General Assembly endorsed resolution 237, calling on Israel to allow the return of refugees and to observe the international conventions governing the treatment of civilians in time of war (lines 1136-1138 approx.; note 100/, which identifies the Assembly resolution as 2252 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967).
- The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People recommended in 1976 that the Security Council request the resolution’s immediate implementation, “and that such implementation should not be related to any other conditions”, as phase one of the right of return; its annex text adds that the right of return “was also unanimously recognized by the Security Council in its resolution 237 (1967)” (lines 1224-1228 approx.; annex VI, lines 1740-1752 approx.).
Related pages
UN Security Council Resolution 242, Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: Part II (1947-1977), Right of Return, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People