UN approves resolution saying Palestinians have 'right to sovereignty'

Haaretz ^ | May 07, 2004 | Shlomo Shamir

[yonif]

NEW YORK - The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted 140-6 to approve a resolution that says the Palestinians "have the right to self-determination and to sovereignty over their territory."

The vote was supposed to take place earlier in the day, but it was postponed to allow changes demanded by European countries to an earlier draft proposed by the PLO.

Israel, the United States and four Pacific islands were among the nations that voted against the resolution, while the 11 abstentions included Australia, Peru, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic.

According to the draft, "the status of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, reminds one of military occupation, and affirm, in accordance with the rules and principles of international law and relevant resolutiuons of the United Nations, including Security Council resolutions, that the Palestinian people have the right to self-determination and to sovereignty over their territory, and that Israel, the occupying power, has only the duties and obligations of an occupying power under the Fourth Geneva Convention."

Earlier Thursday, Israel told the UN that passing a draft resolution affirming Palestinian sovereignty over land outside the Green Line would undermine this week's statement by the Quartet for Mideast peace that borders must be determined bilaterally.

The Quartet - the UN, United States, European Union and Russia - said Tuesday that the issues of borders and refugee settlement must be resolved in final-status negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel maintains that sovereignty over the territories is, likewise, a matter to be negotiated in final-status talks.

The original draft resolution, put forth by Nasser Al-Kidwa, the Palestinian observer to the UN, said the Palestinian nation has the right to self-determination and sole sovereignty over the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including East Jerusalem. This version noted that that Israel, as "the occupying power," has no sovereignty over any part of these territories.

In a statement issued Thursday, Israel said Tuesday's Quartet statement “reaffirms the basic principle that no party should take unilateral action to seek to predetermine issues that can only be resolved through negotiated agreements.” Israel said the General Assembly was being asked to affirm a text undermining a statement to which the UN was a party.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

1. Taliban

2. Al-Queda

3. United Nations

4. (your choice here)

[SevenofNine]

Yeah UN I got your approval of PLO sovenigty right here MORON

Screw the UN

[Jaysun]

Stop sending our money to the UN

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

1. Taliban

2. Al-Queda

3. United Nations

4. (your choice here)

DEMOCRAT PARTY!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I was going to put that, but then I thought the guys in the black helos would find me :o)

[expatguy]

The UN needs to overule my doctor and say I am entitled to fried foods.

[Sender]

What, no right of return? Kofi is slipping.

[onedoug]

1. Taliban

2. Al-Queda

3. United Nations

4. (your choice here)

DEMOCRAT PARTY!

[Alouette]

U.N. = United Nazis

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[D Rider]

Palestinian sovereignty is a great idea. Then when the Palestinian terrorist attacks occur they can be blamed on a sovereign state. That will demand full tilt symmetrical warfare. The results of which can realign the borders of a sovereign state.

Sound good to me!

[Arthalion]

Personally I'd argue that the Palestinians already have a soverign state...it's called "Jordan". IMO the "occupied territories" issue should be treated as a border dispute between Israel and Jordan, not as an insurgent war within Israels own borders (nobody wants to address it as such, but the war in Israel today, with the arabic residents of Israels lands rebelling against their government, is really a civil war). Israel should pick the land they want, draw a border, and hand the rest to Jordan. It should be fun to watch Arafat and his fellow jihadi's seek their "sovereignity" by bombing their fellow arab's.

[D Rider]

Your technically correct. But by precedent, the "Palestinians have now been recognized as a separate group of Arabs. Before and during WWII "Palestinian" was synonymous with "Jew." The Arabs first stole the name since it was also the name of the land. And the name has given them defacto "rights."

That's why I say give them there sovereignty. Then, at the first chance... bomb them into the dead sea, and let them pickle there.

[Salem]

"U.N. = United Nazis"

Now, that's the first time I've seen that very appropriate acronym.





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