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UN Security Council Resolution 681

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Summary

The Security Council resolution adopted unanimously on 20 December 1990, after the 8 October 1990 violence at Al-Haram Al-Sharif, which for the first time entrusted the Secretary-General with ongoing responsibilities to monitor and observe the situation regarding Palestinian civilians under Israeli occupation, and urged Israel to accept the de jure applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention to all the territories occupied since 1967 (Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: Part V (1989-2000), PDF p.18, 22).

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  • The resolution was a further extension of the request made in UN Security Council Resolution 605 (1987) for recommendations on ensuring the safety and protection of Palestinian civilians under occupation (PDF p.19).
  • Paragraph 4, as quoted in the study: “Urges the Government of Israel to accept de jure applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, to all the territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the said Convention” (PDF p.22).
  • Paragraph 6 requested the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, to develop further the idea expressed in his report (S/21919) of convening a meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention; paragraph 7 requested him “to monitor and observe the situation regarding Palestinian civilians under Israeli occupation” and to keep the Council regularly informed (PDF p.22).
  • The resolution also deplored the decision by Israel to resume the deportation of Palestinian civilians (PDF p.23).
  • Presidential statement S/22406 of 4 January 1991 reaffirmed resolution 681 and supported the Secretary-General’s work in implementing it; in April 1992 the Council requested the Secretary-General to use his good offices under resolution 681 to address the problems of Palestinian civilians (PDF p.18). The Secretary-General’s report of 25 January 1993 (S/25149, para. 17) proposed discussions on a United Nations monitoring mechanism, as suggested in resolution 681 (PDF p.18).
  • The study states that the resolution underlined the obligations of the parties chiefly responsible under the Fourth Geneva Convention for ensuring protection, namely Israel, the occupying Power, and the High Contracting Parties (PDF p.22).

Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: Part V (1989-2000), UN Security Council Resolution 605, UN Security Council Resolution 672, Fourth Geneva Convention, First Intifada

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