Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1996
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SymbolA/RES/51/150
TitleAssistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Stresses the importance of the work done by the UN Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories and of the steps taken under the auspices of the Secretary-General to ensure the achievement of a coordinated mechanism for UN activities throughout the occupied territories; urges Member States, international financial institutions of the UN system, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and regional and interregional organizations to extend, as rapidly and as generously as possible, economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people in order to assist in the development of the West Bank and Gaza, and to do so in close cooperation with the PLO and through official Palestinian institutions; calls upon relevant organizations and agencies of the UN system to intensify their assistance in response to the urgent needs of the Palestinian people in accordance with the Palestinian priorities set forth by the Palestinian Authority, with emphasis on national execution and capacity-building; urges Member States to open their markets to exports from the West Bank and Gaza and on the most favourable terms, consistent with appropriate trading rules; suggests the convening in 1997 of a UN-sponsored seminar on the Palestinian economy.
Action note1996-12-13
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 84th meeting
Meeting record
A/51/PV.84
Agenda information
A/51/251 21d Assistance to the Palestinian people. PALESTINIANS--ASSISTANCE
Date[New York] : UN, 4 Feb. 1997.
Description
3 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 84th plenary meeting, 13 Dec. 1996.