3
August 2014
Draft
Resolution
The
Security Council,
Recalling
all of its relevant resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967),
338 (1973), 1397 (2002), 1515 (2003), 1850 (2008) and 1860 (2009),
Recalling
its Presidential Statement of 28 July 2014 (S/PRST/2014/13),
Further
recalling its resolutions 1612 (2005), 1882 (2009), 1998
(2011), 2068 (2012) and 2143 (2014) on children and armed conflict,
Stressing
the obligation to respect international law, including international
humanitarian and human rights law,
Emphasizing
the obligation to ensure the safety and well-being of all civilians
and ensure their protection in situations of armed conflict,
including foreign occupation,
Expressing
grave concern at the escalation of violence and the deterioration of
the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, due to the Israeli military operations, particularly in
the Gaza Strip,
Expressing
grave concern in particular at the resulting heavy civilian
casualties among the Palestinian civilian population, in particular
among children, women, and the elderly, as well as the widespread
destruction of homes and civilian infrastructure, including schools,
hospitals, water, sanitation and electricity networks,
Expressing
grave concern also about the massive displacement of Palestinian
civilians in the Gaza Strip, where more than a quarter of the
population has been displaced from their homes, with more than
250,000 people sheltering in UNRWA schools,
Expressing
grave concern at the resultant deepening of the humanitarian crisis
in the Gaza Strip,
Recognizing
the efforts of UNRWA, along with other United Nations agencies and
humanitarian organizations, in providing emergency humanitarian
assistance to affected civilians in the Gaza Strip,
Reiterating
its call for the achievement of an immediate, comprehensive and
durable ceasefire,
Recognizing
the regional and international efforts exerted for the achievement of
a ceasefire on the basis of the Egyptian initiative of 14 July 2014,
Expressing
strong support for the efforts by regional and international
partners, including by the United Nations Secretary-General and the
United States Secretary of State, to secure unconditional
humanitarian ceasefires between the parties to allow for the delivery
of urgently needed humanitarian assistance and the promotion of calm
towards the conclusion of a permanent ceasefire,
Emphasizing
that the status quo in the Gaza Strip is unsustainable and stressing
the need for meaningful and comprehensive solutions to all of the
underlying issues,
Emphasizing
in this regard the need to ensure the sustained and regular flow of
people and goods through the Gaza crossings, including, inter
alia, for urgent humanitarian needs, reconstruction, economic
recovery and sustainable economic growth, including via regular
commercial flows into and out of the Gaza Strip,
Recalling
that a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can only
be achieved by peaceful means,
Reaffirming
the right of all peoples in the region to live in peace and security,
Stressing
the important role of the Quartet as well as of the League of the
Arab States towards achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace
in the Middle East on the basis of the relevant United Nations
resolutions, the Madrid principles, the Arab Peace Initiative and the
Quartet Roadmap,
1.
Condemns all violence and hostilities directed against
civilians and all acts of terrorism;
2.
Calls for an immediate, durable and fully respected
ceasefire and the full and immediate withdrawal of the Israeli
occupying forces from the Gaza Strip;
3.
Welcomes in this regard the initiative presented by
Egypt on 14 July 2014 for a ceasefire and the efforts undertaken by
the United Nations Secretary-General and international partners to
this end, including at the Paris meeting of 26 July 2014, and urges
all concerned regional and international parties to support these
efforts towards establishing calm;
4.
Calls upon all parties to abide by their obligations
under international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12
August 1949;
5.
Calls for all necessary measures to ensure the
protection of civilians, including the immediate cessation of
military reprisals, collective punishment and excessive use of force
against the Palestinian civilian population;
6.
Calls upon all parties to respect the inviolability,
the sanctity and neutrality of United Nations installations, and
strongly condemns all actions in contravention of these
principles, which endanger the safety and lives of Palestinian
civilians;
7.
Requests the United Nations to carry out a full and
transparent investigation regarding the attacks on UNRWA schools in
the Gaza Strip in the recent period, and requests the
United Nations Secretary-General to report on its findings to the
Security Council;
8.
Calls also for the full implementation of
its resolution 1860 (2009), including the lifting of the Israeli
restrictions imposed on the movement of persons and goods into and
out of the Gaza Strip and for the sustained reopening of the crossing
points of the Gaza Strip on the basis of the 2005 Agreement on
Movement and Access;
9.
Stresses the need for the immediate provision of
humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian civilian population in the
Gaza Strip, including through urgent additional contributions to
UNRWA, recognizing the vital role played by the Agency, along with
other United Nations agencies and humanitarian organizations, in
providing emergency aid to affected civilians, including the
displaced, and addressing the critical humanitarian needs in Gaza;
10.
Calls on Members States to contribute to the urgent
reconstruction and economic recovery needs of the Palestinian people
in the Gaza in coordination with the United Nations and the
Palestinian national consensus government under the leadership of
President Mahmoud Abbas;
11.
Calls on the relevant parties, including the United
Nations, to establish a mechanism to monitor the implementation of a
ceasefire agreement and the understandings and measures agreed upon,
with the aim of ensuring respect for a permanent ceasefire by the
parties and reporting on any violations;
12.
Urges all parties to refrain from actions and steps
that could further destabilize the situation;
13.
Calls for renewed and urgent efforts by the parties and
the international community to achieve a comprehensive peace based on
the vision of two States, Palestine and Israel, living side by side
on the basis of the pre-1967 borders in peace and security, as
envisaged in Security Council resolution 1850 (2008), and recalls
in this regard the importance of the Arab Peace Initiative;
14.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
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