Summary
The Security Council resolution of 21 May 1968, adopted by 13 votes to none with 2 abstentions (Canada and the United States of America), which considers that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel, including expropriation of land and properties thereon, which tend to change the legal status of Jerusalem are invalid and cannot change that status, and urgently calls on Israel to rescind them and desist from further such action (Resolution 252 (1968) on measures to change the status of Jerusalem (21 May 1968), PDF p.1-2).
Details
- The resolution recalls General Assembly resolutions 2253 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967 and 2254 (ES-V) of 14 July 1967, considers Jordan’s letter (S/8560) and the Secretary-General’s report (S/8146), notes Israel has since taken further measures in contravention of those resolutions, and reaffirms that acquisition of territory by military conquest is inadmissible (Resolution 252 (1968) on measures to change the status of Jerusalem (21 May 1968), PDF p.1).
- It deplores Israel’s failure to comply with the Assembly resolutions, and requests the Secretary-General to report on implementation of the resolution itself (PDF p.1-2).
- It follows in the same file the Council’s Jerusalem parade sequence: resolution 250 (1968) calling on Israel to refrain from the 2 May 1968 military parade in Jerusalem, and resolution 251 (1968) deploring the parade’s holding in disregard of that unanimous decision (PDF p.1).
- The measures held invalid are not named, and Jerusalem’s legal status is not defined, in the resolution.
Related pages
Resolution 252 (1968) on measures to change the status of Jerusalem (21 May 1968), City of Jerusalem, UN Security Council Resolution 242, UN Security Council