Condemns those policies and practices of Israel, the occupying Power, which violate the human rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied territory, including the right of freedom of worship, and, in particular, the opening of fire by Israeli armed forces, which has resulted in the killing and wounding of defenceless Palestinian civilians, and specifically the latest action of members of the Israeli armed forces against the defenceless civilians in the Palestinian town of Nahalin; demands that Israel abide scrupulously by the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War; requests the Security Council to consider with urgency the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory with a view to considering measures needed to provide international protection to the Palestinian civilians in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem; stresses the urgent need to expedite the convening of the International Peace Conference on the Middle East, under the auspices of the UN and in conformity with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 43/176.

Adopted 129-2-1, 94th meeting

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Adopted at the 94th plenary meeting, 20 Apr. 1989.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 43rd session, Volume 2, 22 December 1988-18 September 1989. - A/43/49/Add.1. - 1989. - p. 1. - (GAOR, 43rd sess., Suppl. no. 49A).