Council meeting on occupied territories.Council meeting on occupied territories This article is about occupied territory in general: for more specific discussion of the territories captured by Israel in the Six-Day War, see Israeli-occupied territories. Occupied territories Fourteen members of the Security Council on l February supported a draft resolution by which Israeli policies and practices "which violate the human rights of the Palestinian people For other uses of "Palestinian", see Definitions of Palestine and Palestinian. Palestinian people (Arabic: الشعب الفلسطيني, " would have been deplored. The six nations which had in January proposed the draft on Israeli actions in southern Lebanon also put forward this document (S/19466), which would have specifically called on Israel--as the occupying Power and as a High Contracting Party to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention The Fourth Geneva Convention (or GCIV) relates to the protection of civilians during times of war "in the hands" of an enemy and under any occupation by a foreign power. on protecting civilians in time of war--to accept the Convention's de jure [Latin, In law.] Legitimate; lawful, as a Matter of Law. Having complied with all the requirements imposed by law. De jure is commonly paired with de facto, which means "in fact. applicability to the occupied territories and fully to comply with its obligations under that Convention. Israel would also have been asked to facilitate the task of the International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), agency of the United Nations, with headquarters in Amman, Jordan. Established in 1949, it replaced the United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees in 1950 as the major UN agency in the Near East (UNRWA UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East ), and all Members would have been asked to give them their full support. The Council would also have expressed its determination to achieve, under United Nations auspices, a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict, "an integral part of which is the Palestinian problem". The text was not adopted because of the negative vote of the United States. The vote came after a series of Council meetings, beginning on 27 January, convened to consider a report (S/19443) of the Secretary-General it had requested on 22 December, in its resolution 605 (l987), on ways to ensure the safety and protection of Palestinian civilians under Israeli occupation. Herbert Okun of the United States said the text had been vetoed because it could detract from consultations under way with parties directly concerned on ways to resolve the Palestinian conflict. Agreement on a negotiating process and the appropriate auspices for negotiations could not be imposed upon the parties directly concerned, even by implication, as the draft resolution attempted to do. PHOTO : Israel rejects complaints as `politically motivated'. PHOTO : Arab representatives described suffering and death. |
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