CM/Res.1093 (XLVI)
RESOLUTION ON THE PALESTINIAN QUESTION
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Forty-sixth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 20 to 25 July 1987,
Having examined the Report of the Secretary-General on the Question of Palestine contained in Document CM/1451 (XLVI),
Recalling the resolutions adopted by the previous Sessions of the Council of Ministers and the Assembly of Heads of State and Government on the problem of the Middle East and Palestinian Question,
Guided by the principles and purposes of the Charter of the Organization of African Unity and of the United Nations Organization and by the common struggle against Zionism and Racism, and for Freedom, Independence and Peace,
Having heard the statement of the representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people,
Recalling all the resolutions of the United Nations and the Movement of Non- Aligned Countries relevant to the “Question of Palestine” and the “Situation in the Middle East”,
Taking note of the Report of the United Nations Committee on the exercise of the inalienable Rights of the Palestinian people,
Taking note of the reports of the Secretary-General of the United Nations relevant to the achievement of a comprehensive just and lasting peace in the Middle East and the endeavors to pursue a peaceful process,
Reaffirming the legitimacy of the struggle of the Palestinian people, under the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization, for the recovery of their territories and the full exercise of their national rights,
Noting with concern that the alliance between the Zionist regime of Israel and the apartheid regime of South Africa is aimed at pursuing the policy of terrorism and liquidation of the Palestinians and Arabs in the occupied territories on the one hand and the majority black population of South Africa and Namibia on the other:
REAFFIRMS all previous resolutions and recommendations adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government and the Council of Ministers of the OAU, on the Palestine Question;
REAFFIRMS:
the inalienable rights of the Palestinians to return to their homes and property in Palestine from which they were uprooted;
the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to self- determination without external interference and the right to establish its independent Sovereign State in Palestine;
WELCOMES the results achieved at the 18th Session of the Palestinian National Council held in Algiers from April 20 – 25, 1987, and in particular, its contribution to the endeavors and efforts to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace through the just solution of the Question of Palestine;
STRONGLY CONDEMNS Israel, the occupying power, for the implementation of its Iron Fist Policies and all racist practices against the Arab Population in the occupied Palestinian territories as such policies and practices of continual occupation, expropriation of land and water resources, expulsion, arbitrary detention and flagrant violations of the norms of international law and relevant conventions;
REQUESTS the Security Council of the United Nations to seek ways and means to compel Israel, the occupying power, to terminate its occupation
and withdraw its military forces from the Palestinian occupied territories including Jerusalem;
AFFIRMS its ADHERENCE to the United Nations Security Council resolutions 476 (30 June 1980) and 478 (20 August 1980) relevant to the Status of the Holy City of Jerusalem, and, which, inter-alia, determined that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying power, which have altered or purport to alter the character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem, once null and void, and that such actions by Israel constitute a serious obstruction to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, and a threat to international peace and security, and which, further, demand that Israel rescind such measures;
EXPRESSES its GREAT APPRECIATION of the work and diligence of the United Nations Committee on the exercise of the inalienable Rights of the Palestinian people, and, EXPRESSES its CONFIDENCE that the United Nations Secretary-General will continue to provide and increase all assistance and help to the committee in discharging its noble and human mandate;
UNEQUIVOCALLY ENDORSES the call for convening of the international peace conference in conformity with the provisions of United Nations General Assembly resolutions 38/58C of 13 December 1983, and 41/43D of 2nd December 1986, with the participation of the permanent members of the Security Council and the concerned parties of the conflict, including the Palestine Liberation Organization, on an equal footing and with equal rights;
URGES the Security Council and in particular its permanent members, to assume fully the responsibility entrusted to it by the Charter, and to increase and render further support and assistance to the Secretary - General to enable him to carry out the task of convening the international peace conference on the Middle East. In this context the Organization of African Unity Summit UNANIMOUSLY EXPRESSES the hope that the permanent Members of the Security Council, particularly those who have
not as yet done so, will show a positive attitude to the convening of the international peace conference;
REQUESTS the OAU Secretary-General to monitor the developments in the Palestinian Question and to report to the next Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity.