Resolution 242 1967 of 22 november 1967 the security council, expressing its continuing concern with the grave situation in the middle east, emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and. It called for the withdrawal of israeli forces from. The united nations security council is a subcommittee of the united nations whose mandate is the maintenance of international peace and security. Security council resolution 242 jerusalem center for public affairs. United nations security council 1967 resolution 242, 22 november 1967, s res 242. United nations securioy council resolution 242, passed in the wake of the sixday. This is probably the most important element of the resolution. The real failing of resolution 242 was that it regarded the palestinian arabs as merely homeless refugees, not a stateless nation, and the. United nations security council resolution 497, adopted unanimously on 17 december 1981, declared that the israeli golan heights law, which effectively annexed the golan heights, is null and void and without international legal effect and further calls on israel to rescind its action. Israel, palestine, resolutions 242 et 338 onu, digitheque mjp.
The united nations security council adopted resolution 242 in 1967 subsequent to the sixday war. This resolution was a tortuously negotiated compromise between competing proposals. The principles of peacemaking jerusalem center for. The resolution was to become the foundation for future peace negotiations. By examining what was discarded as well as the language that appears, it is possible to discern the security councils intent. A res 53 242 10 august 1999 fiftythird session agenda item 30 resolution adopted by the general assembly without reference to a main committee a53l. This resolution affirmed that the establishment of just and lasting peace in the middle east should include the application of certain principles inter alia. Encyclopedia of jewish and israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from antisemitism to zionism. Resolution 242 is one of the most widely affirmed resolutions on the.
United nations security council resolution 242 wikipedia. The security council, expressing its continuing concern with the grave situation in the middle east, emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in which every state in the area can live in security. Johnson said, now, finally, let me turn to the middle eastand to the. Download our mobile app for onthego access to the jewish virtual library. Adopted on november 22, 1967, in the wake of the june 1967 middle east war, united nations security council resolution 242 became the context and framework for subsequent official arab. Resolution 242 was approved on november 22, 1967, more than five months after the war. United nations security council resolutions 242 and 338 were passed respectively in the aftermaths of the 1967 and 1973 arabisraeli wars resolution 242 reaffirmed in 338 was designed to provide the framework for peace negotiations based on a landforpeace formula and has become the foundation of all subsequent negotiations and peace treaties in the region. Calls upon the parties concerned to start immediately after the ceasefire the implementation of security council resolution 242 1967 in all of its parts. Resolution 242 question of palestine the united nations. Resolution 242 is the cornerstone for what it calls a just and lasting peace. Expressing its continuing concern with the gravt situation in the middle east.
Parallel realities resolution 242 and the aftermath of. The resolution also affirmed the territorial inviolability of every state in the region and called for achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem. The resolution was sponsored by british ambassador lord caradon and was one of five drafts under consideration. The real failing of resolution 242 was that it regarded the palestinian arabs as merely homeless refugees, not a stateless nation, and the underlying assumption was that the west bank or. The general assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the united nations. United nations security council resolution 242 1967. Resolution 242 was approved after the 1967 war 1167 while resolution 338 was approved during the 1973 war 1073. Together, the two resolutions were adopted by the plo in 1988, and have served as a basis for many later peace initiatives, such as the oslo process, the arab peace initiative, the road map for peace and the geneva initiative. The security council, reaffirming its relevant resolutions, including resolutions 242 1967, 338 1973, 446 1979, 452 1979, 465 1980, 476 1980, 478 1980, 97 2002, 1515 2003, and 1850 2008, guided by the purposes and principles of the charter of the united nations, and reaffirming, inter alia, the inadmissibility of the. Calls upon all parties to the present fighting to cease all firing and terminate all military activity immediately, no later than 12 hours after the moment of the adoption of this decision, in the positions they now occupy. After decades of exclusion, the palestine liberation organization plo started to participate in the diplomatic process. The security council, expressing its continuing concern with the grave situation in the middle east.
S res 242 this was a british sponsored compromise between the threepower and us drafts, calling on all parties to end territorial claims, respect sovereignty, and for israel to withdraw from occupied territories. Emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in which every state in the area can live in security. Emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in. Text application pdf file size 143kb open in a new window. Egypt and jordan accepted resolution 242 1967 and considered israeli withdrawal from all territories occupied in the 1967 war as a precondition to negotiations. Report of the secretarygeneral on environment and human settlements the general assembly, recalling its resolution 5212 a of 12 november 1997, entitled renewing the united. Calls upon the parties concerned to start immediately after the ceasefire the implementation of security council resolution 242 1967 in all of. Resolution 242, adopted by the united nations security council five and a half. United nations sres2334 2016 security council distr general 23 december 2016 resolution 2334 2016 adopted by the security council at its 7853 rd meeting, on 23 december 2016. The territorial clauses of security council resolution 242. To illuminate the path forward to a just peace, it is critical to understand resolution 242s true significance, what the twostate solution really is, and how israel and the us have prevented it by means of the peace process. It calls for a negotiated solution based on secure and recognized boundaries and recognizes the flaws in israel recognizing the flaws in israels previous temporary.
Thereseems to bea good deal ofdoubtin various capitals of theworld aboutwhetherwe should celebrate the anniversary. Jarring mission special representative to middle east appointed under res. Palestinians speak out on anniversary of resolution 242. Johnson said, now, finally, let me turn to the middle eastand to the tumultuous events of the past months. Hertz resolution 242 is the cornerstone for what it calls a just and lasting peace.
The interpretation of security council resolutions 75 tation of unilateral acts or even between different kinds of treaties, e. The resolution was really the first attempt at land for peace. Resolution 242 1967 of 22 november 1967 the security council, expressing its continuing concern with the gravtsituation in the middle east, emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in which every state in the area can live in security. The 19491967 lines are not even referred to in the resolution. Every major arabisraeli agreement from the 1979 egyptianisraeli treaty of peace through the 1993 oslo agreements refers to resolution 242. United nations security council resolution 497 wikipedia. It calls for a negotiated solution based on secure and recognized boundaries recognizing the flaws in. United nations resolution 242 unanimously approved on november 22, 1967 eli e. Mar 12, 2020 medicaid managed care provider issue resolution. Vjed of the work carried out by the preparatory committee particularly with reference to the development of action. Resolution 338, adopted following the 1973 war, reiterated resolution 242.
Security council resolution 242 1967 of 22 november 1967 also known as. The principles of peacemaking forty years ago, the soviet union tried to brand israel as the aggressor in the sixday war, but neither the security council nor the general assembly accepted this allegation and so chapter vii was not invoked in the case of resolution 242. Decides that, immediately and concurrently with the ceasefire, negotiations shall start between the parties concerned under appropriate auspices aimed at establishing a just and durable. The misleading interpretation of security council resolution. Yet contrary to arab contentions, a careful examination of the resolution will show that it does not require israel to return to the june 4, 1967 armistice lines or green line. Resolution 242, which has become a sort of mantra of all middle east peacemaking efforts since it was adopted by the united nations in 1967. United nations s res 2334 2016 security council distr general 23 december 2016 resolution 2334 2016 adopted by the security council at its 7853 rd meeting, on 23 december 2016. Resolution 242 archive, sur le site des nations unies consulte le 29 decembre 2012 fr en pdf. United nations security council resolution 242 sres242 was adopted unanimously by the.
The positions of the socalled nonaligned bloc and latin america fell somewhere between these two stances, with the nonaligned countries somewhat closer to the arab position and the. The current political developments in palestine have been, to an important extent, determined by what is known as the oslo process, which resulted oslo accords in 1993 and 1995. Parallel realities resolution 242 and the aftermath of 1967. The soviets, perhaps understanding that caradons compromise resolution was the only one that had a chance of being passed, voted along with the rest of the security council in favor of the resolution, even as the soviet ambassador to the united nations bitterly acknowledged that the resolution avoids imposing specific boundaries to which.
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