Summary
The Security Council resolution of 1 March 1980, adopted unanimously, which accepted the conclusions and recommendations of the Commission established under Resolution 446 (1979), determined that all Israeli measures to change the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure or status of the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, have no legal validity and that settling parts of Israel’s population and new immigrants there is a flagrant violation of the 1949 Geneva Convention, called for the existing settlements to be dismantled and their establishment, construction and planning to cease urgently, and called on all States to provide no assistance to be used specifically in connection with settlements (Resolution 465 (1980): Israeli settlements (1 March 1980), PDF p.1).
Details
- The resolution commends the Commission’s work on its report S/13679, accepts that report’s conclusions and recommendations, and calls on all parties, particularly Israel, to co-operate with the Commission; its preamble deplores Israel’s refusal to co-operate and its formal rejection of resolutions 446 and 452 (Resolution 465 (1980): Israeli settlements (1 March 1980), PDF p.1).
- It strongly deplores Israel’s prohibition of the free travel of Fahd Qawasma, Mayor of Al-Khalil (Hebron), who had been invited to supply the Council with information under rule 39, and requests Israel to permit his travel to UN Headquarters (PDF p.1).
- It asks the Commission to continue examining settlements, to investigate the reported serious depletion of natural resources, particularly water, and to report before 1 September 1980 (PDF p.1).
- Resolution 476 (1980): Jerusalem (30 June 1980) lists Resolution 465 among the resolutions relevant to the character and status of Jerusalem that it reaffirms (PDF p.1).
Related pages
Resolution 465 (1980): Israeli settlements (1 March 1980), UN Security Council Resolution 446, Security Council Commission on Settlements, Fourth Geneva Convention, City of Jerusalem