NEW YORK, November 22, 2007 (WAFA)-The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People said that the UN General Assembly would demand that Israel comply with its obligations under international law and immediately cease construction of the separation wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.

On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the Security Council’s adoption of resolution 242 (1967), the Committee also adopted a draft statement. The three other draft resolutions called for measures to be taken by the Committee, the Division for Palestinian Rights and the Department of Public Information on the question of Palestine and in light of recent developments in the Middle East.

According to the first text on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, the Assembly would demand that Israel stop building the wall, completely cease all Israeli settlement activities in the Territory and in the Occupied Syrian Golan, and fully implement relevant Security Council resolutions. Further to the draft, the Assembly would call upon Israel to cease its unilateral actions in the Territory aimed at altering its status and character including by land annexation, thus prejudicing the final outcome of peace negotiations.

The Assembly would call upon the parties to the conflict, with the support of the Quartet (United Nations, United States, European Union and Russian Federation) and other interested parties, to exert all efforts necessary to halt the deterioration of the situation, to reverse all measures taken on the ground since 28 September 2000 and to immediately resume direct peace negotiations to conclude a final settlement on the basis of relevant United Nations resolutions, the Arab Peace Initiative, the Madrid Conference and the “Road Map”.

the Assembly would stress the need for a speedy end to the reoccupation of Palestinian population centres, by removing all Israeli checkpoints erected within the Territory, as well as the immediate and complete cessation of all acts of violence, including military attacks, destruction and acts of terror. It would stress the need for both parties to fully implement the 15 November 2005 Agreement on Movement and the Agreed Principles for the Rafah Crossing and for Israel to cease its closures of all crossings in and out of Gaza, which had devastated the socio-economic situation there, and to allow for the unimpeded movement and access of humanitarian personnel and supplies.

The Assembly would also stress the need for Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem; the realization of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and an independent State; and a just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem. It would urge Member States to expedite economic, humanitarian and technical assistance to the Palestinians to alleviate their current humanitarian crisis.

Under the terms of the text on the Committee, the Assembly would request it to fulfill its mandate aimed at helping the Palestinian people realize its inalienable rights with a view to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the question of Palestine. The Committee would also be requested to support the Middle East peace process and to mobilize international support for and assistance to the Palestinian people.

The Palestinian civilian population had suffered exceedingly, long subjected to daily violence, subjugation and humiliation, according to a statement also said. The occupying Power continued to confiscate vast areas of Palestinian land, constructing and expanding settlements, establishing settler outposts, moving its own population to the Occupied Territory. The separation wall being constructed in the Occupied West Bank and around East Jerusalem had substantially worsened the conditions of occupation, separated Palestinians from Palestinians, and further complicated their movement.