RESOLUTION NO. 1\/15- (PAL(IS)) ON THE ISSUE OF PALESTINE AND AL-QUDS ASH-SHARIF<\/p>\n
ADOPTED BY THE 15TH SESSION OF THE ISLAMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE
\n(UNDER THE THEME: \u201cENHANCING UNITY AND SOLIDARITY THROUGH
\nDIALOGUE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT\u201d)
\nBANJUL, REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA
\n4 \u2013 5 MAY 2024<\/p>\n
The 15th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference (Summit of Strengthening Unity and Solidarity
\nThrough Dialogue for Sustainable Development) held in Banjul, Republic of the Gambia, on 25-26
\nShawwal, 1445 AH – May 4-5, 2024 CE,<\/p>\n
Having considered the Secretary-General’s report on the Question of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli
\nconflict contained in Document No. (IS\/14-2019\/PAL\/SG.REP) ;
\nProceeding from the principles and objectives contained in the Charter of the Organization of Islamic
\nCooperation (OIC),<\/p>\n
Adopting the resolutions issued by the ordinary and extraordinary sessions of the Islamic Summit,
\nespecially the Extraordinary Joint Arab Islamic summit to consider the Israeli aggression against the
\nPalestinian people, which was held in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in November 2023; the 14th
\nSession of the Islamic Summit Conference chaired by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King
\nSalman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, which was held in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
\non 31 May 2019; the 7th Extraordinary Summit, which was held in Istanbul, Republic of T\u00fcrkiye, in
\nMay 2018, the 6th Extraordinary Islamic Summit under the chairmanship of H.E. Recep Tayyip
\nErdo\u011fan, President of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye, and the Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign
\nMinisters (CFM) on Al-Quds Ash-Sharif, which was held in Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye, in December 2017, and
\nall the OIC resolutions on the Palestinian issue and all the occupied Arab territories, including the CFM
\nresolutions, the most recent of which was the CFM 49th Session in Nouakchott, and the final
\ncommuniqu\u00e9s issued by the meetings of the Executive Committee at the ministerial level, which
\nconfirm our unwavering and principled position with regard to the Cause of Palestine and Al-Quds AlSharif, and our condemnation of the brutal Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, and the
\nnecessity of confronting and standing against this aggression, stopping it, and ending all illegal Israeli
\npractices that perpetuate the colonial occupation and deprive the Palestinian people of their rights,
\nespecially their right to self-determination, freedom, and independence,<\/p>\n
Reaffirming the need to take practical measures against states that undermine the existing historical,
\nlegal, and religious status of the City of Al-Quds Ash-Sharif or contribute to consolidating the Israeli
\noccupation and colonization of the city,
\nEmphasizing all relevant resolutions issued by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and
\nthe Security Council (UNSC), in particular Resolutions No. 181 (1947), 242 (1967), 252 (1968), 338
\n(1990) 681, (1980) 478, 1980) 476, (1980) 465(1978) 425, (1973), 1073(1996), 1397 (2002), 1435
\n(2002), 1515 (2003), and UNGA Resolution No. 194 (1948) on the issue of Palestinian refugees,
\nincluding UNSC Resolution 2334 (2016) and all resolutions of the UNGA held under the title \u201cUnited
\nfor Peace\u201d in its 10th Special and Regular Sessions, regarding the illegal Israeli actions in occupied East
\nAl-Quds and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory, especially Resolution No. A\/ RES\/ES-10\/22
\n\u201cProtecting Civilians and Upholding Legal and Humanitarian Obligations\u201d of December 12, 2023, as
\nwell as UNSC Resolutions 2712 (2023), 2720 (2023) calling for \u201curgent steps to immediately allow
\nsafe, unhindered, and expanded humanitarian access and to create the conditions for a sustainable
\ncessation of hostilities,\u201d and 2728 (2024) which demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza Strip,<\/p>\n
Guided by the UN Charter and purposes, its relevant resolutions, and principles, most notably the
\nprinciple of the inadmissibility of seizing the lands of others by force, the right of peoples to selfdetermination, and respect for the principles of human rights and non-discrimination ,<\/p>\n
Recalling UNGA Resolution No. 85\/292 of May 06, 2004, regarding the status of the Occupied
\nPalestinian Territory, including East Al-Quds, and Resolution No. 67\/19 of November 29, 2012,
\naccording to which Palestine was granted observer state status in the United Nations according to the
\ninternationally agreed-upon two-state solution and based on the pre-1967 borders,<\/p>\n
Recalling also the legal advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of July 09, 2004,
\non the legal consequences arising from the construction of the apartheid wall in the Occupied
\nPalestinian Territory, and reaffirming the relevant UNGA resolutions relevant to the implementation
\nof the legal opinion, and also welcoming the adoption by the UNGA 77th Session a request for an
\nadvisory opinion from the ICJ on the legal implications of the Israeli occupation\u2019s policies and practices
\nin Palestine, including East Al-Quds, and the consequences of this occupation and the illegal practices
\nassociated with it, and thanks the Member States that supported the State of Palestine in this endeavor
\nby submitting legal pleadings in this regard before the ICJ,<\/p>\n
Considering all resolutions and recommendations of reports issued by the UN, the Human Rights
\nCouncil (HRC), commissions of inquiry, and special rapporteurs relating to Israeli violations of human
\nrights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Al-Quds and other Arab territories occupied
\nsince 1967, as well as resolutions issued by the Non-Aligned Movement, the African Union, and the
\nLeague of Arab States, all of which affirm that the Israeli colonial occupation of Palestinian land and
\ndiscrimination against Palestinians are the \u201croot causes\u201d of the recurring tensions, instability and
\nprolongation of conflict in the region, and call for ensuring the accountability of the occupying state
\nfor its violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, including
\nputting an end to Israel\u2019s impunity,<\/p>\n
Recalling the Nakba as a historical human tragedy and catastrophe in the context of a colonial plan
\nthat began with the Balfour Declaration in 1917 and included systematic Jewish immigration to
\nPalestine and the commission of the crime of ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people at the hands of
\nZionist gangs since 1947, which led to the forcible displacement of nearly a million Palestinian Arabs
\nfrom their land, robbery of their property and cultural heritage, the attempt to tear apart their social
\nfabric, the destruction of hundreds of Palestinian towns and villages, and the continuation of the Nakba
\nby continuing the racist Israeli colonial occupation, its aggression against the Palestinian people and
\ntheir land and the denial of their legitimate rights, including their right to return and self-determination,
\nCondemning the continuation of the illegal Israeli military occupation of the occupied territory of the
\nState of Palestine, and all of its intensive and systematic colonial activities in all their manifestations,
\nand renewing its call to the international community and international organizations to work to
\nimmediately end this settler colonial occupation and the apartheid regime it established, and
\ndenouncing all systematic and widespread Israeli crimes and violations and the escalation against the
\ndefenseless Palestinian people, including field executions, arbitrary detention, torture, forced
\ndisplacement, house demolitions, land confiscation and other acts of violence, as well as the apartheid
\npolicies that it established to consolidate its colonization of the land of the State of Palestine, and
\nstressing the responsibility of the international community to hold Israel, the colonial occupation
\npower, accountable and taking practical steps, including imposing penalties for all these crimes, in
\naccordance with international law and international humanitarian law, including the Fourth Geneva<\/p>\n
Convention, to ensure their non-recurrence by activating the legal and international frameworks that
\nprovide protection for the Palestinian people,
\nCommending the steadfastness of the Palestinian people and their just and valiant struggle to achieve
\ntheir legitimate national aspirations and realize their inalienable rights, including the right to selfdetermination, independence, sovereignty over their land, and the return of refugees to their homes,<\/p>\n
1. Reaffirms the centrality of the Palestine Cause, with Holy Al-Quds at its heart for the entire Islamic
\nUmmah, the Arab and Islamic identity of occupied Al-Quds, and the necessity of defending the sanctity
\nof the Islamic and Christian holy places therein; also affirms at the same time that this Cause is similar
\nto all other just causes of peoples struggling to break free from colonialism and gain their rights.<\/p>\n
2. Condemnsin the strongest terms the genocide being committed by the Israeli occupation forces against
\nthe Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip and the entire occupied Palestinian territory, including
\nAl-Quds, including killing, bombing, starvation, and destruction of civilian objects and infrastructure,
\nwhich claimed the lives of over 34500 Palestinian citizens, and injured over 77500 others, the majority
\nof whom are women and children, in addition to the displacement of over 1.7 million Palestinians, and
\nreiterates its absolute rejection of any justification for this barbaric aggression that targets civilians,
\nand insists on starving them, depriving them of basic materials and safe access to humanitarian aid,
\nand forcibly deporting them under any pretext in contravention of all international norms and laws, and
\nthe most basic human principles and values, and allows the continuation of the crime of genocide.<\/p>\n
3. Emphasizes the significant efforts undertaken by the Arab-Islamic Ministerial Group, headed by the
\nKingdom of Saudi Arabia,, Chair of the 32nd Session of the Arab Summit and the 14th Session of the
\nIslamic Summit Conference, and the Extraordinary Joint Arab and Islamic Summit, with the
\nmembership of Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Turkiye, Indonesia and Nigeria, on behalf of all
\nMember States of the OIC and the League of Arab States, with the aim of ending the crimes of genocide
\ncommitted by Israel against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and ending the long-standing
\nIsraeli colonial occupation of the State of Palestine, achieve the vision of the two-state solution, and
\nthus reach lasting and comprehensive peace in accordance with international law and UN resolutions,
\nand calls on them to continue their efforts in this regard in order to stop the barbaric aggression against
\nthe Palestinian people and end the causes that lead to its continuation, and to adopt a new approach to
\nenable the Palestinian people to exercise their rights, including ending the colonial occupation and
\ngranting the State of Palestine its independence.<\/p>\n
4. Calls on the OIC Member States to exercise diplomatic, political and legal pressure and to take any
\ndeterrent measures to stop the crimes of the Israeli colonial occupation, and the genocidal war it is
\nwaging against the Palestinian people, including by imposing sanctions at all international economic,
\nsports and cultural levels, expelling Israel from international organizations and forums, refraining from
\nsupporting its candidacy to international positions, and freezing the assets of persons and entities
\nproven to have been involved in the crimes committed against the Palestinian People; urges the OIC
\nMember States to consider imposing sanctions on persons\/entities that support Israel in its crimes
\nagainst the Palestinian people, and requests the OIC General Secretariat to consider this measure in
\nall its aspects and to report thereon to the Member States;<\/p>\n
5. Demands an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and cessation of the all-out aggression against the
\nPalestinian people in Gaza, the provision of humanitarian, medical, and relief aid, the provision of
\nwater and electricity, and the opening of humanitarian corridors to deliver urgent aid to the Gaza Strip
\nin an unimpeded and adequate manner; Warns of the danger of continuing the crime of genocide and
\nethnic cleansing, including starvation, deprivation of water, and preventing entry of fuel, which led to a genuine disaster for all health and humanitarian sectors; and Calls for an immediate investigation
\ninto these crimes, including the horrific mass graves that were recently discovered in many locations
\nin the Gaza Strip, and stresses the responsibility of all States to confront and stop this crime, and to
\nstrictly comply with the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice, and rejects
\ncharacterizing the genocide committed by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people as selfdefense or justifying it under any pretext;<\/p>\n
6. Deplores the positions of some countries that apply double standards and support the brutal aggression
\nagainst the Palestinian people, granting the Israeli occupation immunity and providing it with impunity,
\nand affirms that these positions are inconsistent with international law and UN resolutions and will
\nonly increase the cycle of violence and destruction, fuel extremism, and escalate the conflict in the
\nregion, and punish the Palestinian people, including inflammatory speeches that call for genocide and
\nstrip the Palestinian people of their humanity.<\/p>\n
7. Urgently calls on the OIC Member States to do everything necessary at all levels to stop and confront
\nthe crimes committed by the occupation against the Palestinian people, hold their perpetrators, be they
\ncivilian or military, accountable and bring them to justice, provide all forms of financial support and
\nhumanitarian relief, and work to lift the siege imposed on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip since
\nover 16 years.<\/p>\n
8. Condemns the crime of forced disappearance committed by the occupation forces since the beginning
\nof the current aggression against thousands of Palestinian citizens in the Gaza Strip and throughout the
\nOccupied Palestinian Territory, including women, children, and the elderly, in addition to the abuse,
\noppression, torture, and humiliating and degrading treatment to which they are subjected, and calls on
\nthe OIC Member States to act at all levels to uncover the fate of the abductees, release them
\nimmediately, ensure protection for them, and demand an independent and transparent investigation into
\nthis crime, including the policy of executing Palestinian detainees in its prisons. (Jordan)
\n9. Stresses that it fully and absolutely rejects and stands collectively against any attempts at individual or
\ncollective forced transfer, displacement, exile, or deportation of the Palestinian people, whether inside
\nthe Gaza Strip or the West Bank, including Al-Quds, or outside their territories to any other destination,
\nwhatever it is, as this amounts to a war crime and a crime against humanity, and emphasized the
\ncollective response to these attempts.<\/p>\n
10. Emphasizes the central significance of the full implementation of Security Council Resolution 2720
\nand the necessity for the United Nations Coordinator for Humanitarian Assistance and Reconstruction
\nin Gaza to assume her responsibilities in the meticulous implementation of the said resolution and the
\nestablishment of a mechanism within the Gaza Strip to facilitate entry of humanitarian assistance and
\navoid Israeli obstacles, in full cooperation and coordination with United Nations agencies operating in
\nthe Gaza Strip, especially UNRWA, to allow for the immediate flow of humanitarian aid through all
\ncrossings between Israel, the colonial occupation authority and the Gaza Strip, while holding the Israeli
\noccupation responsible as an occupying authority.<\/p>\n
11. Supports the role of the Arab Republic of Egypt in providing and facilitating entry of humanitarian
\naid into Gaza, supports all the steps it takes to confront the consequences of the brutal Israeli
\naggression on Gaza, as well as its efforts to bring aid into the Gaza Strip in an immediate, sustainable
\nand adequate manner, in addition to its role in ending the aggression
\n12. Condemns the systematic and widespread colonial policies of the Israeli government and all frantic
\ncolonial activities in all their manifestations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Al-Quds, which constitutes a grave violation of international law as a war crime and a crime against
\nhumanity and undermines the chances of reaching a political settlement based on the two-state solution,
\nand expresses its deep concern about the successive settlement announcements of Israel, the colonial
\noccupying power, and all other colonial practices that endanger international peace and security.<\/p>\n
13. Condemns also the system of oppression established by the Israeli colonial occupation, including the
\nongoing arbitrary detention campaigns that affect all the Palestinian people, including children and
\nwomen, in addition to the policy of administrative detention that violates an inherent human right and
\nexpresses deep concern about the unjust, inhumane conditions to which Palestinian prisoners,
\nspecifically children, are exposed in Israeli detention centers, their continued detention, torture and
\ndeprivation of appropriate health care, and the humiliating treatment of their families by Israel, the
\ncolonial occupation authority, including depriving them of visits, confirmsthe illegitimacy of the racist
\nIsraeli judicial system that permits such illegal and inhumane policies, and calls on all international
\nbodies, the Red Cross, and the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions to assume their
\nresponsibilities in this regard.<\/p>\n
14. Condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist acts committed by the Israeli settlers against defenseless
\nPalestinian citizens and their property, which have escalated dangerously under the protection of the
\nIsraeli colonial occupation forces by arming them and inciting the killing of Palestinians, and in this
\nregard calls for the settlers to be held accountable for the crimes they commit against the Palestinian
\npeople and their property, and to work to classify the Jewish settlement movements and their
\naccomplices as terrorist groups, organizations, and armed militias and include them on global terrorist
\nlists, including the UN lists, calls on the General Secretariat, in cooperation with the State of Palestine,
\nto prepare this list and circulate it to the Member States to take the necessary measures, and welcomes
\nthe decisions of countries that imposed sanctions on several settlers on the grounds of committing
\nterrorist acts, crimes and attacks against Palestinian citizens, and considers it a step in the right
\ndirection towards imposing comprehensive sanctions on the settler colonial system on the land of the
\nState of Palestine.<\/p>\n
15. Affirms that peace and security in the Middle East region, as a strategic option and necessity, will not
\nbe achieved except with the complete withdrawal of Israel, the occupying power, from the territory of
\nthe State of Palestine occupied since 1967, especially Al-Quds Ash-Sharif, in accordance with
\ninternational law and what is stipulated in the relevant international resolutions, and the Arab Peace
\nInitiative, with all its elements and its natural sequence, as stated in the Beirut Summit in 2002, which
\nstipulated that peace with Israel must be preceded by ending its occupation of the Palestinian and Arab
\nlands occupied since 1967, including East Al-Quds, and its recognition of the State of Palestine and
\nthe inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including the right to self-determination and the right
\nof return for Palestinian refugees, in accordance with Resolution 194 (1948).<\/p>\n
16. Undertakes to work with the international community to confront and end all colonial practices of
\nIsrael and to force it to abide by its obligations as an occupying power under international law and
\ninternational humanitarian law, and calls on international actors to end their bias and take practical and
\nirreversible steps to achieve this, and to sponsor a serious multilateral political path according to a
\ntimetable under international auspices based on international law and aiming to achieve peace based
\non the two-state solution and ending the long-standing Israeli colonial occupation that began in 1967,
\nincluding by calling for an international peace conference.<\/p>\n
17. Stresses that any proposal for a peace process in the Middle East from any party that is inconsistent
\nwith international law and the agreed upon terms of reference is rejected, will not achieve any results,
\nand will be doomed to failure, and in this regard calls on the Member States to confront any financial
\nor political blackmail to which the Palestinian people and their leadership are exposed for imposing
\nunfair solutions to the Palestinian issue that affect the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, most
\nnotably the right to self-determination, independence, and return.<\/p>\n
18. Supports the legal measures taken by the State of Palestine, supported by the Member States, in
\nconfronting the policies of the Israeli colonial occupation, affirmsits right to confront the intransigence
\nof the Israeli occupation and the continuation of its crimes against the Palestinian people, including
\nturning to international courts, including the ICC, to decide on the illegality of the existence of
\noccupation on the land of the State of Palestine, and calls on the OIC Member States and the General
\nSecretariat to support these actions by all possible means.<\/p>\n
19. Urges the ICC Prosecutor for the speedy completion of the criminal investigation into war crimes and
\ncrimes against humanity being committed by officials of the Israeli colonial occupation government
\nagainst the defenseless Palestinian people and to bring the criminals to international justice and calls
\non the OIC Member States and the General Secretariat to provide the necessary technical and financial
\nsupport to the State of Palestine in this field, including supporting the move to universal jurisdiction to
\nconfront the crimes of the occupation and hold perpetrators accountable; and Thanks South Africa,
\nComoros, Djibouti, Bolivia, Bangladesh, Venezuela, Chile and Mexico for referring the situation in
\nthe State of Palestine to the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n
20. Reiterates its call on the OIC Member States to support efforts aimed at expanding international
\nrecognition of the State of Palestine and enabling it to obtain UN full-fledged membership at the earliest
\nopportunity and to work with countries that have not recognized the State of Palestine to do so as soon
\nas possible; welcomes, in this regard, the recognition of the State of Palestine by Barbados, Jamaica,
\nand the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago condemns the United States of America\u2019s obstruction of the
\nUN Security Council\u2019s recommendation to accept Palestine\u2019s membership in the United Nations,
\nwhich contradicts the goals and principles of the United Nations Charter and its relevant resolutions
\nand the international consensus on the two-state solution.<\/p>\n
21. Emphasizes the commitment to support resolutions on the Palestinian issue, including Al-Quds, in all
\ninternational forums and by all OIC Member States, requests the OIC General Secretariat and the OIC
\nsubsidiary, affiliated, and specialized organs and institutions, including the Islamic Development Bank,
\nto take the necessary measures to ensure the implementation of the OIC resolutions on the Palestinian
\nissue and Al-Quds Ash-Sharif; calls for taking legal measures against non-compliant countries,
\nincluding freezing membership, and Calls for convening a meeting to discuss their sensitive issue.<\/p>\n
22. Condemns and rejects the identification of some countries with the policies of the Israeli colonial
\noccupation, including moving their embassies to the city of Al-Quds and opening commercial offices
\nthere, in plain violation of international law and UN resolutions, including UNSC Resolution No. 478
\n(1980) and other relevant resolutions, considers it as a complicity in the occupation and a blatant attack
\non the historical, legal, and natural rights of the Palestinian people and a targeting of their legitimate
\naspirations to gain their freedom and independence, and on the rights of Christians and Muslims around
\nthe world, which threatens international peace and security, demands that the United States of
\nAmerica, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Papua Guinea, Hungary, Serbia, and the Czech Republic,
\nand Liberia abide by international law and international legitimacy resolutions, and calls on the OIC
\nMember States to take all measures that would urge these countries to backtrack on these hostile steps
\nin implementation of the relevant resolutions.<\/p>\n
23. Considers any actions or decisions that aim to change the historical and legal status of the City of AlQuds Ash-Sharif and change its status or demographic character null and void, have no legal effect,
\nand illegitimate, demands all countries to refrain from establishing\/opening diplomatic missions in the
\nCity of Al-Quds, urges all OIC Member States to boycott those countries, and stop any relations,
\ncommercial exchanges, and visits with them, whether political, cultural, sporting, or artistic, until they
\nbacktrack on such actions and adhere to the relevant UNSC resolutions.<\/p>\n
24. Highlights the importance of the implementation on the previously made calls in support of the
\nPalestinian cause in the face of Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and urges the Member
\nStates and the OIC Secretariat to implement those measures effectively such as convening of an
\ninternational peace conference, activating the Arab and Islamic financial safety net, application of all
\nfeasible and effective diplomatic, legal and deterrent measures to stop Israel\u2019s practices, and asserts
\nthe need to form a practical and effective mechanism to protect Palestinian civilians in implementation
\nof the resolution of the Security Council and the UN General Assembly on the protection of the
\nPalestinian people. formation of a practical and effective mechanism to protect the Palestinian civilians
\nin implementation of the relevant UN resolutions as well as working on establishment of a guarantee
\nmechanism to ensure proper implementation of a peace agreement;<\/p>\n
25. Stresses the need to continue verifying that Israeli credentials to the UN do not include the Palestinian
\nterritory occupied by Israel since 1967, including East Al-Quds, and calls on the OIC General
\nSecretariat to form a committee of the Member States to follow up on this file with the UN and its
\norganizations; and examine the consistency of its membership with the United Nations Charter, given
\nits clear violations of the terms of membership and its repeated violations of its resolutions.<\/p>\n
26. Renews its condemnation of the repeated attacks by Israel, the colonial occupying authority, on the
\nIslamic and Christian holy places in and around Al-Quds, its demolition and robbery of Palestinian
\nhomes therein, and all its colonial practices, including its settlement activities, the construction of the
\nwall of annexation and racial expansion, and other actions it undertakes to change its position, status,
\nlegal standing, demographic composition, and Arab-Islamic and Christian character, as well as illegal
\nand provocative excavations under the Al-Haram Ash-Sharif and Al-Aqsa Mosque, and warns against
\nviolating the sanctity of the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and closing the Gate of Mercy, and the danger
\nof the continuing incursions by settlers and Israeli officials, and holds Israel, the occupying power,
\nresponsible for the consequences of these racist and hostile practices.<\/p>\n
27. Calls on the OIC Member States, in cooperation with the UN, to work to provide protection for
\nPalestinian civilians and to form a practical and effective mechanism for this in the implementation of
\nthe UNGA and UNSC resolutions on the protection of the Palestinian people, including Resolution 904
\n(1994), and the report of the UN Secretary-General in this regard.<\/p>\n
28. Emphasizes the historical and legal responsibility of the UN and its organs towards the question of
\nPalestine and rejects the policies of Israel, the occupying power, its attacks on the UN SecretaryGeneral and other international figures, and the prevention of the entry of UN employees and the threats
\nto do so, including the special rapporteurs, the Director of the Office of the High Commissioner, and
\nother active international institutions, as part of their efforts to obscure the facts and hide their crimes
\nagainst the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n
29. Emphasizes the responsibility of the UN towards the issue of Palestinian refugees and the centrality
\nof the role of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in alleviating the
\nplight of Palestinian refugees and helping to provide regional stability and vital services to
\napproximately 5.9 million Palestinian refugees, rejects any prejudice to its role or cancellation of its mandate, denounces the rabid incitement campaign launched by the Israeli occupation against
\nUNRWA, which seeks to liquidate its existence, condemns some countries\u2019 suspension of their
\nfinancial support for the UNRWA, demands that they immediately reconsider their irresponsible
\npositions, calls on countries to provide their contributions to sustainable funding for UNRWA and to
\nprovide financial resources to the Development Endowment Fund, which aims to provide sustainable
\nsupport to it, and in this regard, appreciates the efforts of the OIC Member States that have generously
\ncontributed to mobilizing resources to support UNRWA so that it can continue its tasks and
\nresponsibilities, and the role played by the Arab countries hosting Palestinian refugees;<\/p>\n
30. Adopts May 15 of each year as an Arab, Islamic, and international day to commemorate the Nakba,
\nand taking measures at the level of states and international and regional organizations to commemorate
\nthis painful memory as a reminder of the necessity of ending the suffering of the Palestinian people
\nand their refugees exercising their right to return and compensation in accordance with the UNGA
\nresolution No. 194, condemning the denial of the Nakba, questioning the tragedy that befell the
\nPalestinian people, and ignoring the crimes against humanity committed by the Zionist gangs against
\nthem, which led to their forced displacement from their land, and calls on the United States of America,
\nBritain, and Israel to assume their historical, legal, and moral responsibilities and recognize the Nakba
\nthat befell the Palestinian people and apologize for it, redress the damage, and provide just
\ncompensation to the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n
31. Calls on the OIC Member States to support the efforts of the State of Palestine in UNESCO to preserve
\nthe cultural and educational places and the tangible and intangible cultural and historical heritage of
\nPalestine, especially in Al-Quds Ash-Sharif, including the appointment of a permanent representative
\nof the UNESCO Director-General in Al-Quds old town to monitor the measures falling within the
\nOrganization\u2019s competence, and the dispatching of the interactive monitoring mission from UNIESCO
\nto Al-Quds to monitor all violations; and to cooperate closely with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
\nto ensure the implementation of relevant resolutions, including the reference to Al-Aqsa Mosque\/ AlHaram Ash-Sharif in the legal manner approved by the UN system and rejecting any designation that
\ndoes not agree with it, and in this regard, condemns Israel’s blatant disregard for UNESCO resolutions,
\nincluding obstructing the restoration projects implemented by the Hashemite Fund and the
\nEndowments Department in and around the Al-Aqsa Mosque yard, preventing the entry of the
\nUNESCO team (the Interactive Monitoring Unit) to the Old City and its surroundings, and changing
\nauthentic parts of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the imposition of Israeli educational curricula on Palestinian
\nschools in Al-Quds Ash-Sharif.<\/p>\n
32. Calls on the Director-General of UNESCO to carry out its duty within the mandate granted to it,
\nincluding condemning the attacks of the colonial occupation authorities, and to send the Interactive
\nMonitoring Unit and its special envoy to assess the situation of the Holy City of Al-Quds and the Gaza
\nStrip due to the destruction that Israel deliberately caused of heritage, cultural, and educational places,
\nsuch as schools and universities and targeting journalists and media organizations to take action to help
\nrebuild them.<\/p>\n
33. Stresses the importance of the submission by a number of Member States and the General Secretariat
\nof proceedings to the International Court of Justice during its deliberations on the advisory opinion on
\nthe legal implications of the Israeli occupation\u2019s policies and practices in Palestine, including East AlQuds, at the request of the United Nations General Assembly, and appreciates the participation in
\nperson of H.E. the Secretary-General and his address directly to the Court alongside the OIC legal team
\nduring the Court’s oral arguments session on February 19-26, 2024.<\/p>\n
34. Welcomes the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice, and Affirms the
\nneed for their immediate implementation to prevent Israel, the occupying power, from committing
\nfurther acts of genocide against the Palestinian people; Thanks the Republic of South Africa for filing
\na case with the ICJ, Urges all countries to declare their involvement in that case, and Stresses the
\nnecessity of pursuing political and legal efforts in order to achieve a complete and comprehensive
\ncessation of the Israeli crime of brutal military aggression, and all acts of genocide, including killing,
\ndisplacement and destruction, committed by the Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip and the rest
\nof the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in an effort to consider accountability for the violations of
\ninternational law committed by the occupying power, as well as remedies and compensation for the
\nPalestinian civilian population.<\/p>\n
35. Warns all countries that participate directly or indirectly in committing genocide against the
\nPalestinian people, and considers them direct accomplices in this heinous crime, and welcomes, in
\nthis regard, the step taken by the Republic of Nicaragua before the International Court of Justice.
\n36. Calls on the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to assume their responsibilities
\nunder Common Article I of the Geneva Conventions, take all necessary measures to respect the rules
\nof international humanitarian law and its main principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution
\nin the Occupied Palestinian Territory, deter the grave violations committed by the colonial occupying
\nauthorities against Palestinian civilians, refrain from getting involved in them, and hold their
\nperpetrators accountable by convening a meeting of the States Parties as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
37. Renews its support for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the sole legitimate representative
\nof the Palestinian people, and expresses its support for President Mahmoud Abbas’s efforts to achieve
\nPalestinian national unity within the framework of the PLO as an essential step for achieving the
\nPalestinian people’s legitimate aspirations for freedom, independence, and the embodiment of their
\nnational rights.<\/p>\n
38. Demands the international community and its institutions to criminalize the policies of apartheid
\npursued by the Israeli colonial occupation in all of the historic lands of Palestine, calls on the UN
\ncountries to deal with the Israeli colonial occupation as an illegal presence on the land of the State of
\nPalestine, and boycott it, and calls on all countries, institutions, companies, and individuals to stop all
\nforms of direct and indirect dealing with this colonial system that must be ended immediately.<\/p>\n
39. Calls on all countries to take measures to prevent Israel from continuing its crimes against the
\nPalestinian people, including stopping the export of weapons and ammunition to Israel, the occupying
\npower, that uses its army to commit the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip and other crimes committed
\nby terrorist settlers in killing Palestinians in the West Bank, including Al-Quds, including preventing
\nthe use of its ports and airspace to transport these weapons and ammunition.<\/p>\n
40. Condemns the systematic and continuous piracy carried out by Israel, the occupying power, of the
\nfunds of the Palestinian people, and the theft of Palestinian tax revenues and allocations to the families
\nof Palestinian martyrs and prisoners in violation of international law and the agreements signed
\nbetween the two parties, calls on the international community to condemn and stop this piracy and
\nother Israeli practices, and on the OIC Member States to expedite the formation of an Islamic financial
\nsafety network in support of the general budget of the State of Palestine to confront political pressures
\nand the stifling financial crisis, and assigns the General Secretariat to follow up on the implementation
\nof this based on its previous resolutions, including the Final Communique of the 13th Islamic Summit.<\/p>\n
41. Calls on all Islamic organizations and funds, civil society organizations, and the private sector to
\nsupport Al-Quds projects in coordination with the State of Palestine within the framework of
\nimplementing all previous resolutions and plans submitted by the State of Palestine related to providing
\nthe necessary support for the Holy City of Al-Quds.<\/p>\n
42. Calls on the Member States to take the necessary measures that would strengthen the steadfastness of
\nthe Palestinian people on their land, including exempting Palestinian goods and products from customs
\nduties, fees, and taxes with a similar effect and without quantitative or qualitative restrictions, and
\nsupporting the efforts of the State of Palestine to disengage from the Israeli occupation and develop
\nnational industries.<\/p>\n
43. Appreciates the distinguished effort made by the Islamic Group within the Security Council, and the
\nefforts made by the United Arab Emirates during its membership in the Security Council and the
\nsuccess of its efforts in the United Nations Security Council\u2019s adoption of Resolution 2712 (2023) as
\nwell as Resolution 2720 (2023), which called for taking concrete steps to increase the flow of
\n\u201cHumanitarian aid that Palestinians desperately need, and protection for UN staff and humanitarian
\nworkers on the ground in the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n
44. Praises the continuous efforts of the People\u2019s Democratic Republic of Algeria to support the
\nPalestinian Cause, especially in the UN Security Council, which resulted in the adoption of Security
\nCouncil Resolution 2728 (2024) on the immediate ceasefire in Gaza Strip, and expresses its deep
\nappreciation for its holding of the conference to end division and achieve reconciliation as a positive
\nstep on the path to Palestinian national unity, which led to the adoption of the \u201cAlgeria Declaration\u201d
\non 12 October 2022, and appreciates and supports the tireless efforts made by Algerian President,
\nMr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, to ensure the success of this historic endeavor.<\/p>\n
45. Praises the efforts made by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the role of His Majesty King
\nAbdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein, the Guardian of the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Al-Quds AshSharif, in defending, protecting, and preserving the city of Al-Quds and its Islamic and Christian
\nsanctities and supporting the steadfastness of its Palestinian Arab Maqdisite population on their land
\nin the face of Israeli violations and illegal measures, which aim to change the Arab, Islamic, and
\nChristian identity of the city and renews its rejection of all Israeli attempts that affect Hashemite
\nguardianship.<\/p>\n
46. Commends the continuing efforts made by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the AlQuds Committee, to protect the Islamic holy sites in Al-Quds Ash-Sharif and to stand up to the
\nmeasures taken by the Israeli occupation authorities with the aim of Judaizing the Holy City and
\nappreciates the tangible role played by the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Ash-Sharif Agency, emanating from
\nthe Al-Quds Committee, through implementing development projects and activities for the benefit of
\nthe residents of the Holy City and supporting their steadfastness.<\/p>\n
47. Calls on the Member States to provide support to Al-Quds Fund and Bayt Mal Al-Quds Agency,
\naffiliated with Al-Quds Committee, and to establish endowments in Islamic countries dedicated to
\nsupporting Al-Quds and its residents, enabling them to carry out their tasks of implementing
\ndevelopment projects and preserving the Arab, Islamic, and cultural character of the city of Al-Quds,
\nand strengthening the steadfastness of its people in the face of ongoing Israeli occupation measures
\naimed at Judaizing the holy city.<\/p>\n
48. Emphasizes that restoring peace in the Palestinian territory and supporting the post-conflict
\nreconstruction of the Gaza Strip and other affected areas of the territory is the key to ensuring security
\nand stability in the region
\n49. Calls for the activation of the Ministerial Contact group on Al-Quds to develop an action plan that
\nincludes visiting all influential capitals to protect the city of Al-Quds Ash-Sharif from the fierce
\ncampaign launched by the colonial occupation authorities against the Palestinian people and their
\nefforts to Judaize Al-Aqsa Mosque and all other religious places in the city of Al-Quds Ash-Sharif, and
\nto submit a report to the upcoming Islamic Summit on its efforts.
\n50. Requests the Secretary-General to follow up on the implementation of this resolution and submit a
\nreport on this matter to the next session of the Summit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RESOLUTION NO. 1\/15- (PAL(IS)) ON THE ISSUE OF PALESTINE AND AL-QUDS ASH-SHARIF ADOPTED BY THE 15TH SESSION OF THE ISLAMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE (UNDER THE THEME: \u201cENHANCING UNITY AND SOLIDARITY THROUGH DIALOGUE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT\u201d) BANJUL, REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA 4 \u2013 5 MAY 2024 The 15th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference (Summit of Strengthening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":427093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-427090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427092,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427090\/revisions\/427092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}