The right of peoples to self-determination and its application to peoples under colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation.

1982/3. The right of peoples to self-determination and its application to peoples under colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation[1]13

The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 3236 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974, 3375 (XXX) and 3376 (XXX) of 10 November 1975, 32/14 of 7 November 1977, 32/20 of 25 November 1977, 32/40 of 2 December 1977, 32/42 of 7 December 1977, 33/28 of 7 December 1978, 34/65 of 29 November 1979, ES.7/2 of 29 July 1980, 35/169 of 15 December 1980, 36/120 of 10 December 1981 and 36/226 of 17 December 1981, Recalling further Economic and Social Council resolutions 1865 (LVI) and 1866 (LVI) of 17 May 1974, Reaffirming its resolutions 2 (XXXVII) of 11 February 1981 and 14 (XXXVII) of 6 March 1981, Bearing in mind the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,[2]14 and especially paragraphs 49 to 72 of that report, Reaffirming that the Palestinian people are entitled to self determination in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and other relevant United Nations resolutions, and expressing its grave concern that the Palestinian people have been prevented by force from enjoying their inalienable rights, in particular their right to self determination, Expressing its grave concern that no just solution to the problem of Palestine has been achieved and that this problem therefore continues to aggravate the Middle East conflict, of which it is the core, and to endanger international peace and security,

1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self determination without external interference and the establishment of a fully independent and sovereign State of Palestine;

2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the Palestinians to return to their homes and property, from which they have been displaced and uprooted by Israel and calls for their return in the exercise of their right to self determination;

3. Recognizes the right of the Palestinian people to regain their rights by all means in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations;

4. Reaffirms the basic principle that the future of the Palestinian people can only be decided with its full participation in all efforts, through its representative, the Palestine Liberation Organization;

5. Expresses its strong opposition to all partial agreements and separate treaties which constitute a flagrant violation of the rights of the Palestinian people, the principles of the Charter and the resolutions adopted in the various international forms on the Palestinian issue, as well as the principles of international law, and declares that all agreements and separate treaties have no validity in so far as they purport to determine the future of the Palestinian people and of the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem;

6. Strongly rejects the continuation of the negotiations on the question of "autonomy", within the framework of the "Camp David accords" and declares that these accords have no validity in so far as they purport to determine the future of the Palestinian people and of the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967;

7. Urges all States, United Nations organs, specialized agencies and other international organizations to extend their support to the Palestinian people through its representative, the Palestine Liberation Organization, in its struggle to restore its rights in accordance with the Charter and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;

8. Requests the Secretary General to make available to the Commission on Human Rights and to the Sub Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities the reports, studies and publications prepared by the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights, which was established by General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977.

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[1]13 Adopted at the 17th meeting on 11 February 1982, by a roll-call vote of 24 to 8, with 10 abstentions. See chap. VII. [2]14 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/36/35).