Summary
The Security Council resolution of 30 June 1980, adopted by 14 votes to none with 1 abstention (United States), which reconfirmed that all Israeli legislative and administrative measures purporting to alter the character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem have no legal validity and constitute a flagrant violation of the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949, reiterated that all such measures are null and void and must be rescinded, and reaffirmed the overriding necessity of ending the prolonged occupation of Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem (Resolution 476 (1980): Jerusalem (30 June 1980), PDF p.1).
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The resolution was adopted on the letter of 28 May 1980 from Pakistan, current Chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (S/13966); its preamble reaffirms resolutions 252 (1968), 267 (1969), 271 (1969), 298 (1971) and 465 (1980), and records grave concern at the legislative steps initiated in the Israeli Knesset aimed at changing Jerusalem’s character and status (Resolution 476 (1980): Jerusalem (30 June 1980), PDF p.1).
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It urgently calls on Israel to abide by the present and previous Council resolutions and to desist forthwith from the policy and measures affecting Jerusalem, and reaffirms the Council’s determination, on non-compliance, to examine practical ways and means under the UN Charter to secure full implementation (PDF p.1).
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Its follow-through came in Resolution 478 (1980) of 20 August 1980, which notes that Israel has not complied with resolution 476 and reaffirms the determination, stated in 476’s paragraph 6, to examine practical ways and means under the Charter to secure its full implementation in the event of non-compliance (PDF p.1).
Related pages
Resolution 476 (1980): Jerusalem (30 June 1980), UN Security Council Resolution 465, UN Security Council Resolution 478, City of Jerusalem, Fourth Geneva Convention, UN Security Council Resolution 252