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OIC/CFM-43/2016/PAL/RES/FINAL

RESOLUTIONS

ON

THE CAUSE OF PALESTINE, AL-QUDS AL-SHARIF, AND THE ARAB-

ISRAELI CONFLICT

SUBMITTED TO THE

43rd SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS

(SESSIONN OF EDUCATION & ENLIGHTENMENT: PATH TO PEACE

AND CREATIVITY)

TASHKENT, REPUBLIC OF UZBIKESTAN

18-19 OCTOBER 2016

(17-18 MUHARRAM 1438H)

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 INDEX

SL. SUBJECT PAGE NO.

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1. Resolution No. 1/43-PAL on the Cause of Palestine
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2. Resolution No. 2/43-PAL on the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif

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3. Resolution No.3/43-PAL on the Occupied Syrian Golan
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4. Resolution No.4/43-PAL on Solidarity with Lebanon
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5. Resolution No.5/43-PAL on the Current Situation of the
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Peace Process in the Middle East
6. Resolution No.6/43-PAL on Financial Support
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Mechanisms for the Palestinian People

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 RESOLUTION NO. 1/43-PAL
ON
THE CAUSE OF PALESTINE

The Forty Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, (Session of Education and
Enlightenment: Path to Peace and Creativity), held in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, on
17-18 Muharram 1438 H. (corresponding to 18-19 October 2016);

Having considered the Report of the Secretary-General on the Cause of Palestine and
the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Document No. OIC/CFM-43/2016/PAL/SG-REP),

Recalling the principles and objectives enshrined in the Charter of the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC),

Reaffirming the Islamic resolutions adopted by the ordinary and extraordinary sessions
of the Islamic summit and by OIC Council of Foreign Minister (CFM) on the Cause of
Palestine, the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the Arab-Israeli Conflict,

Recalling all relevant resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly and the UN
Security Council, on the illegal Israeli practices in the occupied territories of the State of
Palestine, including East Jerusalem,

Recalling also the Advisory Opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court
of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of the Wall on Occupied Palestinian
Territory, recalling further United Nations General Assembly resolutions ES-10/15 of 20 July
2004 and ES-10/17 of 15 December 2006, on the implementation of the Advisory Opinion,

Bearing in mind all resolutions and recommendations of the reports of the Human
Rights Council regarding the Israeli violations of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied since 1967 as well as
the resolutions issued by the Non-Aligned Movement, the African Union and the League of
Arab States,

Supporting the decision of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation

Organisation (PLO), at its meeting on 4 May 2016, to limit political, economic and security
relations with Israel, the occupying power, owing to its disavowal of signed international
conventions and undermining of the option of a two-state solution,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004 on the Status of the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, affirming the need to preserve the

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territorial unity, contiguity and integrity of the entire Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, and UNGA resolution 67/19, of 29 November 2012, granting observer State status
to Palestine at the United Nations, in accordance with the internationally agreed solution of the
two states and the pre-1967 borders,
Reiterating that the illegal and colonial policies and practices of Israel and its
expansionist plans in the occupied State of Palestine, endanger and threaten international peace
and security and threaten the prospects for attaining a peaceful solution to the conflict,
Condemning the repeated barbaric Israeli attacks on and ongoing siege of the
Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip; and calling on the international community to hold Israel,
the occupying power, fully countable for these criminal aggressions under the international law,
the international humanitarian law, and the Fourth Geneva Convention; and to ensure that they
are not repeated through the implementation of legal and international frameworks that provide
protection to the Palestinian people and hold the occupation accountable for its crimes,
Denouncing the continued Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian State territory,
and reiterating call on the international community to hold Israel, the occupying power, legally
accountable for its crimes and the continued colonial occupation.

Condemning Israel’s ongoing and intensifying colonial activities in all manifestations in

the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, which constitute, under the
international law, a breach, war crime, and a major obstacle to peace,

Deploring the continued illegal detention of thousands of Palestinians, including children

and women and elected members of Palestine Legislative Council, by Israel, the occupying
Power, and expressing grave concern about the inhumane conditions faced by Palestinian
prisoners in detention centers and the continued torture and denial of adequate health care,

Expressing Concern about continued attempts by some States to cancel Item VII of the
United Nations Human Rights Council's agenda on the ‘Human rights situation in Palestine and
other occupied Arab territories’, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif, and reiterating that this item is
commensurate with the scope of work of the Council, the unique nature of the prolonged Israeli
occupation of the State of Palestine, and the continued Israeli violations of human rights and
International Humanitarian Law,

Hailing the steadfastness of the Palestinian people and their just and heroic struggle to
recover their inalienable national rights and freedom,

1. Reaffirms the centrality of the cause of Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Sharif for the whole
Islamic Ummah, and emphasizes the Arab and Islamic character of Occupied East
Jerusalem and the need to defend the sanctity of Islamic and Christian holy places;

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2. Warns of all measures taken by Israel, the occupying power, its colonial practices and
activities, and other illegal measures aimed at changing the legal status of the City of Al
Quds, its demographic composition, its Arab and Islamic character; as well as its repeated
and provocative raids into Al-Haram Al-Sharif, encroaching on its inviolability, and the
illegal and provocative excavations in Al Haram Al Sharif and Al Aqsa Mosque; holds
Israel responsible for the consequences of these growing practices taking place under the
nose and protection of the Israeli occupation forces.
3. Emphasizes that the question of Palestine and Al Quds Al-Sharif is the primary cause that
merits a unified position from Member States at international fora, and requests the General
Secretariat and OIC affiliated and specialized institutions and subsidiary organs, including
the IDB, to take necessary measures to ensure support for the resolutions backed by the OIC
on the Palestinian questions.
4. Condemns Israel’s systematic violation of the human rights of the Palestinian people,
including violations resulting from the use of force and military operations, which lead to
the death and injury of Palestinian citizens, including children and women, non-violent
peaceful protesters, the use of collective punishment, confiscation of Palestinian land, the
wall, and the destruction of property.
5. Expresses grave concern over the consequent deterioration of social and economic
conditions in the territory of the State of Palestine due to the illegal practices of the Israeli
occupation authority, the continued aggression and blockade, and punitive measures,
particularly in the Gaza Strip, and commits to work with the international community to
compel Israel, the occupying power, to end all illegal practices and abide by its obligations,
as an occupying power, under international law and international humanitarian law.
6. Welcomes the holding of the international meeting in Paris on 3 June 2016, commends
France’s efforts and support all other efforts aimed to relaunch a credible political process
and mobilize the international community’s support within the framework of establishing a
new collective international process to end the Israeli occupation of the State of Palestine
since 1976, within a specific and binding timeframe and under the internationally
recognized parameters, including the Arab Peace Initiative, and implementation monitoring
and evaluation mechanisms.
7. Affirms that the Quartet’s report issued on 1 Jul 2016 did not address the core of the
conflict and the causes of its continuation, namely the persistent Israeli colonial occupation
of the territory of the State of Palestine and its consolidation through the illegal practices of
the occupation authorities, thereby undermining the opportunities to achieve peace. All
other issues included in the report are a marginal mention of the practices of the Israeli
occupation. It stresses in this regard that the solution lies in adhering to the terms of
reference of the peace process, international legitimacy resolutions, and the international
law, in building on them to resolve the conflict instead of managing it, and in supporting the

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 convening of an international peace conference consistent with the French initiative with a
view to ending the Israeli occupation within a specified time frame and according to an
international multilateral mechanism to follow implementation.
8. Calls upon the Islamic Group in Geneva to continue working closely with all Member
States to ensure wide participation in the discussion of Item VII in the Human Rights
Council related to the ‘Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories’,
including Al-Quds Al-Sharif, to counter any attempts by any State to cancel this item from
the agenda of the Human Rights Council, and reiterates the obligation of Member States in
international votes.
9. Reaffirms the sovereignty of the State of Palestine over all the Palestinian territory
occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, as well as its airspace, territorial waters, and
borders with neighboring countries.
10. Reaffirms its strong support for the efforts of the State of Palestine to mobilize
international support for the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people,
notably their rights to self-determination and the independence of their State with East
Jerusalem as its capital; and in this regard reiterates its call on the Security Council to make
a positive recommendation on application submitted by the State of Palestine for admission
to full membership in the United Nations, and invites the states which have not yet
recognized the State of Palestine to do so soon.
11. Reaffirms support for the State of Palestine’s accession to international organizations,
conventions and covenants, as an inherent right of the State of Palestine; and supports the
request of the State of Palestine to join the International Criminal Police Organization
(Interpol).
12. Welcomes the State of Palestine’s joining of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and a
number of international organisations and conventions which would hold Israel accountable
for its crimes and protect the Palestinian people, their land and private and public property;
and denounces all punitive measures taken by Israel, the occupying authority, or by any
other State following this legitimate step, and invites the Prosecutor of the ICC to proceed
ahead with an investigation into the Palestinian situation.
13. Commends the efforts of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the
Palestinian People to mark the year 2017 as “the international day to end the Israeli
occupation of the State of Palestine, including East Jerusalem”, and invites Member States
and the General Secretariat to work towards the adoption of this initiative by the United
Nations.
14. Deplores the failure of the UN Security Council to uphold its responsibility, consistent with
the UN Charter, to maintain international peace and security; stresses the need to continue
efforts for the Council to uphold its responsibilities; invites the UNSC Member States,
including OIC members, to support these efforts.

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15. Welcomes the principled position of the Kingdom of Sweden which recognized the State of
Palestine and the recommendations approved by the European Parliament and a number of
national Parliaments in Europe to support recognition of the State of Palestine, and calls on
EU Member States to follow the example of the Government of Sweden and recognize the
State of Palestine.
16. Strongly Condemns the continued illegal blockade imposed by Israel, the occupying
Power, on the Palestinian People, and calls on the international community to compel Israel,
the occupying authority, to lift its unjust blockade on Gaza and ensure free movement of
goods and persons to and from the Gaza Strip; and to allow the UN personnel and the
Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied
since 1967 to perform their missions under international norms.
17. Reiterates its strong condemnation of the Israeli illegal colonial campaign in all its
manifestations, including the construction of the wall and settlements, in the occupied
territories of the State of Palestine, and stresses that the construction of settlements and
expansionist (annexation) wall constitutes a flagrant breach of international law, including
the Fourth Geneva Convention, and a war crime according to the Rome Statute, and in total
disregard of the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of 9 July 2004
and UN General Assembly resolution ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004, undermines the
contiguity, unity and viability of the territory of the State of Palestine and destroys the
prospects for realization of the two-state solution on the basis of the pre-1967 borders, and
the prospects of peace in the region.
18. Expresses astonishment and dismay at electing Israel, the occupying authority, chair of the
United Nations Legal Committee (Sixth Committee), being an occupying State that violates
and does not respect international law and international legitimacy resolutions; and calls on
Member States not to support any Israeli candidature in international fora.
19. Calls on all States, including the European Union, to abide by their responsibilities under
the international law and to exclude Israeli settlements located in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem, from any funding, cooperation, grants or investment,
and calls upon them to take all necessary steps to prohibit access of illegal settlement
products to their markets, and to work to ensure that all states apply the United Nations
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in relation to the territory of the
occupied Palestinian State, including East Jerusalem.
20. Calls on Member States to take all possible measures to deter any individual, institution or
company, including those on the list of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, involved
in violation of United Nations resolutions and international law in the occupied territory of
the State of Palestine, in particular those involved in settlement and annexation wall
activities, prison construction and oversight, checkpoints related enterprise and any other
activities that violates the rights of the Palestinian people.

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21. Strongly condemns the terrorist attacks of the armed Israeli settlers against Palestinian
citizens and properties, which have recently exacerbated and become more systematic and
organized, under the protection of Israeli occupying forces; calls for punishing settlers for
their crimes against Palestinian people and property; calls on Member States to work at all
levels, including at the United Nations, in particular, the Security Council, to uphold its
responsibilities through providing necessary protection for the Palestinian people and to
hold the Israeli leaders and settlers accountable for their crimes.
22. Reiterates its appeal to Member States to designate Jewish settler movements as terrorist
groups and organizations, which must be listed as such by countries and international
organizations, and invites the General Secretary to prepare and circulate to Member States a
list of these groups.
23. Strongly condemns Israel’s continued imprisonment and detention of thousands of
Palestinians including women, children and members of parliament, and the practice of
solitary confinement in the Israeli military detention system, which violate international law,
and calls on member states to work with the international community to pressure Israel, the
occupying power, to abide by the its obligations under international law and to end illegal
imprisonment, detention and other illegal practices against the Palestinian people.
24. Calls on Member States to exert all efforts to ensure the release of all Palestinian and Arab
prisoners and their treatment in accordance with international humanitarian law and
international human rights law; and in this regard expresses support for the International
Campaign for the freedom of Marwan Barghouthi and all Palestinian prisoners, and calls on
all member states to endorse the Robben Island Declaration, the founding text of this
campaign.
25. Denounces Israel’s attempts to usurp Palestinian heritage and falsify the history and facts
of Palestinian religious sites, including the decision to include the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-
Khalil and Bilal bin Rabah Mosque in Bethlehem in the list of Israeli heritage; and calls in
this regard, on Member States to defend these sites and follow up the implementation of
resolutions of the Executive Council of UNESCO on Palestinian historical and heritage sites
to prevent Israel from destruction of the Palestinian, Arab and Islamic cultural heritage.
26. Affirms the responsibility of the international community for promoting and ensuring
respect of international law and calls on all High Contracting Parties to the Geneva
Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian persons in Time of War of 12 August
1949, to continue, in accordance with Article 1 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, the
Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on 9 June 2004 and the declarations
of the Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, to exert all
efforts, individually and collectively, to ensure that Israel, the occupying Power, abide by
the provisions of that Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, occupied by Israel since 1967.

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27. Reaffirm the permanent responsibility of the United Nations towards the question of
Palestine until it is resolved in all its aspects.
28. Calls upon the international community, including the Security Council, to take effective
measures to compel Israel to implement the relevant resolutions on the cause of Palestine, to
abide by the international unanimity and adopt serious steps to end the occupation of the
Palestinian Territory that began in 1967, and thus realizing the two-State solution, based on
relevant United Nations resolutions and the terms of reference and principles of the Middle
East peace process and the Arab Peace Initiative;
29. Calls upon the international community to increase its efforts towards the realization of the
inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace
based on international law and relevant United Nations resolutions in this regard, including
UN Security Council resolutions 243 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002), and 1515 (2003),
and the agreed principles, which call for Israel’s complete withdrawal from the Occupied
Palestinian Territory , including East Jerusalem, and from all other occupied Arab territories
occupied since 1967; to enable the Palestinian people to exercise self-determination and
sovereignty in an independent State, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital
30. Stresses the need to find a just solution to the plight of Palestinian refugees and guarantees
their right of return in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions, including in
particular UN General Assembly resolution 194 of 11 December 1948; reaffirms the United
Nations' responsibility toward the issue of Palestinian refugees and the continuous role of
United Nations Relief and Work Agency in the Near East(UNRWA) in this regard; and calls
upon Member States to provide the Agency with generous support in order to cover its
budget and enable it to continue to render its essential services; and calls on the states of the
world to honor their financial commitments to the UNRWA, including their pledges made at
the International Conference on the Reconstruction of Gaza held in Cairo on 12 October
2014 upon invitation from Norway and Egypt.
31. Reiterates the need for follow-up to ensure that Israeli credentials to the United Nations
and to other international organizations do not cover the territories occupied by Israel since
1967, including East Jerusalem.
32. Calls for commitment to the unity of the Palestinian decision and representation in the
framework of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), and for respect of Palestinian
national legitimacy under the leadership of His Excellency President Mahmoud Abbas;
commends his efforts in achieving national reconciliation; and underscores the need to
respect the legitimate institutions of the State of Palestine.
33. Welcomes the formation of the Palestinian National Unity Government on 2 June 2014,
consistent with the Palestinian national reconciliation agreement signed in Gaza on 23 April
2014, expresses full support for this Government, and calls for complementing the

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 reconciliation efforts sponsored by the Arab Republic of Egypt over the past years, and in
implementation of the Cairo and Makkah agreements and the Doha Declaration.
34. Expresses deep concern over the situation of the Palestinian refugees in Syria and the
violations meted on their lives and property, and reiterates the need to lend necessary
support and assistance to alleviate their suffering; Calls on all parties to the conflict in Syria
to stop assaults on Palestinian refugee camps in Syria, to evacuate the intruding armed
people from Yarmouk camp, to lift the siege on the Yarmouk refugee camp, and
abstain from dragging the Palestinian refugees into the running conflict there, and calls
upon Member States to provide the needed support for their relief.
35. Mandates the Secretary-General to follow-up the implementation of the present resolution
and report thereon to the Forty Fourth Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers.
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 RESOLUTION NO. 2/43-PAL
ON
THE CITY OF AL-QUDS AL-SHARIF

The Forty Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, (Session of Education and
Enlightenment: Path to Peace and Creativity), held in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, on
17-18 Muharram 1438 H. (corresponding to 18-19 October 2016);

Having considered the Report of the Secretary-General on the City of Al-Quds

Al-Sharif (Document No. OIC/CFM-43/2016/PAL/SG-REP),

Proceeding from the principles and objectives of the Charter of the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC),

Based on the Islamic resolutions affirming that the issue of Al-Quds Al-Sharif is the
core of the Palestinian cause, which, itself, is the essence of the Arab-Israeli conflict; and that
there can be no comprehensive and just peace without the return of the City of Al-Quds Al-
Sharif to Palestinian sovereignty, as the capital of the State of Palestine,

Recalling all relevant UN General Assembly and UN Security Council resolutions,

particularly resolutions 243 (1967); 252 (1968); 338 (1973); 465, 476, and 478 (1980), and
1073 (1996); and the resolutions adopted by the 10th Emergency Extraordinary Session of the
UN General Assembly, namely resolution ES 2/10 dated 24 April1997 and ES 3/10 dated 15
July1997, (on illegal Israeli practices in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied
Palestinian Territory);

Strongly condemning the continuing and escalating Israeli aggressions on the holy
places in the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and other Palestinian cities and the desecration of
sacred places;

Reaffirming all relevant international resolutions, all the resolutions of the UN Security
Council resolutions, the Advisory Opinion of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 9 July
2004 and the conferences of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Convention of 1949 on
the applicability of the Convention to the State of Palestine and Al-Quds and the protection of
Civilian persons in Time of War.

Strongly denouncing the illegal measures and practices in East Jerusalem, which are
contrary to all international resolutions and laws, undertaken by Israel, the occupying Power,
including forced expulsion of Palestinian inhabitants and the alteration of the City’s historical
and civilisational landmarks, the building of settlements and wall to separate it from its

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Palestinian surrounding and the denial of Christian and Muslim worshipers’ access to their
places of worship, designed to Judaise the Holy City, change its historical landmarks, Arab and
Islamic identity and demographic composition.

Referring to the recommendations of the meeting of the Technical Committee in charge

of examining the current situation of vital sectors in the city of Al-Quds on 13March 2010,

1. Reaffirms all the relevant resolutions and decisions adopted by the Islamic Conferences,
including those of previous sessions of the Al-Quds Committee.
2. Stresses the Arab and Islamic identity of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, the capital of the
independent State of Palestine, and the full Palestinian sovereignty over Al-Quds Al-
Sharif.
3. Emphasizes that achieving peace and security in the Middle East starts with the
withdrawal of Israel, the occupying power, from the territory of the State of Palestine,
foremost among which is the occupied city of Al Quds Al-Sharif, and other Arab
territories occupied since 1967, in implementation of relevant international resolutions.
4. Invites the Ministerial Contact Group on Palestine and Al Quds to report on the outcome
of its visits.
5. Reaffirms that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel,
the occupying Power, to impose its laws and administrative measures on the City of Al -
Quds are illegal and thus null and void, and have no legitimacy whatsoever, in line with
United Nations resolutions; and calls on all states, institutions, organisations and
companies, subject to liability, to abstain from dealing with these measures in any way.
6. Urges the Security Council to address the question of illegal Israeli settlements
undermining the two-state solution in order to enthrone peace and provide international
protection to the Palestinian people; and calls on OIC Member States currently sitting in
the Security Council to continue their efforts in this regard.
7. Warns of the Israeli occupations’ continued aggressions against Islamic and Christian
holy sites; particularly the continued incursions of Israeli settlers and officials into the
Aqsa Holy Mosque; and holds Israel responsible for the consequences of the recently
growing aggressions which are taking place under the watch and protection of the Israeli
occupying forces.
8. Affirms non-recognition of any laws or decisions by the Israeli occupation to confiscate
properties owned by Jerusalemites who were expelled from the City; and stresses that all
these measures are illegal and constitute a blatant violation of Geneva Convention,
International Law and International legitimacy resolutions.

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9. Warns Israel, the occupying Power, of the consequences of its continuous provocation
of the sensitivities of Muslims around the world through the serious escalation of its
policies and illegal steps to Judaize and divide the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque, allowing Jews
to pray therein, and considers all these measures, laws and policies illegal, null and void.

10. Cautions that Israeli colonial schemes to control and Judaize the City of Al Quds would
lead to an outbreak of religious conflict in the region for which Israeli bears full
responsibility, and calls on the international community to compel Israel, the occupying
Power, to immediately stop these serious violations which –if they persist- will pose a
serious threat to peace and security in the region and the world.
11. Requests that the international community assumes its responsibility by acting
responsibly and effectively to compel Israel, the occupying power, to rescind its illegal
decision to annex East Jerusalem; recalls the Islamic position calling for mobilizing all
resources to counter this decision and a political and economic boycott of States that
approve of this decision; calls on them to respect all the relevant United Nations
resolutions, in particular Security Council resolutions 465 and 478; and calls on all
Member States to sever relations with any official or unofficial party that recognize
Israel’s annexation of the holy city.
12. Calls upon the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) to take the necessary steps in order to preserve the historical heritage of Al-
Quds, including the implementation of the resolutions of the UNESCO World Heritage
Committee, in this regard strongly condemns Israel’s refusal to allow the technical
mission of UNESCO from carrying its monitoring mission in the Old City of Jerusalem
and its walls; and calls on Member States to renew the mandate of the mission and
support all the resolutions of the Organisation on Al Quds.
13. Stresses the need to continue work and coordination with international and regional
organizations, especially UNESCO and the World Heritage Committee, for the
implementation of international resolutions and decisions on the City of Al-Quds Al-
Sharif; and in this context requests the General Secretariat to organize international
events and symposia on the preservation of the Islamic historical and cultural character
of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the means of confronting the persistent attempts of the Israeli
occupying forces to alter the historical, cultural, and religious landmarks and
demographic composition of the Holy City, in coordination with the international and
regional organizations concerned.

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14. Calls on all States, international institutions and organisations to abide by the
international resolutions on the City of Al-Quds, which is an integral part of the
Palestinian Territory occupied in 1967, and not to take part in any meeting or activity
serving Israel’s objectives to consecrate its occupation and annexation of the Holy City,
and decides to act in accordance with its obligations under international law in response
to violations of the said obligations.

15. Condemns all positions affecting the legal status of the occupied Palestinian territory,
including official meetings with Israeli officials in the city of Al-Quds; reiterates that
these positions contradict international law; and requests Member States to condemn
such illegal positions, to protest to the Governments that conduct such meetings, and to
take necessary measures to respond to them.
16. Decides to continue work at all levels with the international community in the UN
Security Council to take effective measures to compel Israel, the occupying power, to
abide by international law and the United Nations resolutions, in order to prevent it from
effecting any alteration in the demographic composition and aspect of the Holy City of
Al-Quds, and to stop the building of and remove the Annexation and expansionist Wall
being built around the city; lift the siege off the City and put an end to the demolition of
homes, expulsion of Palestinian citizens, and the process of ridding the City of its
Palestinian citizens;
17. Reiterates its caution against the continued destruction and occupation of Palestinian
homes in the City by the Occupying Power, the exacerbation of this serious phenomenon
this year, all the practices and attacks perpetrated by the hordes of settlers under the
watchful eye of the occupation forces, and all other illegal colonial practices and actions
including continued closures of the Palestinian institutions ; and holds Israel, the
occupying Power, accountable for policies of systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestinians;
and for endangering the foundations of Al Haram Al Sharif and Al-Aqsa Mosque
through illegal excavations around and beneath them.
18. Affirms its rejection of all illegal measures taken by Israel, the occupying Power,
which may alter the authenticity or jeopardize the safety of Islamic and Christian sites,
in accordance with the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and
Natural Heritage of 1972 and the provisions relevant to the protection of cultural
heritage included in the Hague Convention of 1954; and calls for the implementation of
UNESCO's resolutions in this regard.
19. Calls once again on the Member States and their funding institutions and funds to
support Al Quds, in accordance with the Palestinian strategic plan for the development
of the vital sectors in the city of Al Quds Al-Sharif, which sets out the priorities and
urgent needs of the City, in this regard expresses gratitude to Members States that have
contributed to the plan.

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20. Calls upon all Member States of the United Nations to refrain from any kind of
cooperation or coordination with Israeli occupation authorities in the city of Al-Quds Al-
Sharif, including the signing of agreements that would affect the political and legal
status of the Holy City.
21. Reaffirms resolution 216 (12/22) of the 22nd Session of the Council of the International
Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) held in the State of Kuwait on. 22-25 March 2015 on
visiting Al-Quds Ash-Sharif, which concludes that the Islamic ruling on visiting Al-
Quds is that the visit is recommended and desirable, but the discussion was about the
benefits and harms of the visit. The IIFA considers that weighing these benefits and
harms is up to the competent rulers and politicians in Muslim countries. It is necessary
to remind all Muslims that the cause of Al-Quds is indeed the core issue of the entire
Muslim Ummah, and that all Muslims should support Al-Quds, its people and the people
of Palestine. Al-Quds Ash-Sharif does not belong the Palestinians alone, but rather to all
Muslims, and preserving the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is part of Muslims’ belief and
responsibilities”.
22. Reiterates the resolutions of previous Islamic Conferences affirming support for the
City of Al-Quds Al Sharif and strengthening the steadfastness of its people; and calls on
Member States to provide support to the Al-Quds Fund and the Bayt Mal Al-Quds
Agency of the Al-Quds Committee to enable them to discharge their duties of
implementing development projects, preserving the Arab, Islamic and civilizational
character of the City, boosting the resilience of its people in the face of continued Israeli
attempts to Judaize the holy city.
23. Commends the continuous efforts of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the
Al-Quds Committee, in protecting Islamic holy sites in Al-Quds Al-Sharif and in
confronting the measures taken by the Israeli authorities to Judaize the holy city;
welcomes the outcomes of the 20th session of Al-Quds Committee held under the
effective chairmanship of His Majesty King Mohammed VI on 17-18 January 2014 in
Marrakech, Kingdom of Morocco; and calls for urgent implementation of the
recommendations of its final declaration; appreciates the tangible role played by the
Bayt Mal Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency established by the Al-Quds Committee through the
developmental projects and activities accomplished for the inhabitants of the Holy City
and support for their resilience, and calls on Member States to increase support for the
Agency to enable it continue its work and implement the new Five Year Plan for the
period 2014-2018.
24. Commends the efforts of the Custodian of The Holy Mosques King Salman Ibn
Abdulaziz in defending Islamic holy sites in the City of Al-Quds through generous and
continuous support the institutions and peoples of the holy city.

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25.Also commends the efforts of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in protecting the city of
Al-Quds Al-Sharif and backing up its Palestinian Arab citizens’ steadfastness on their
territories in the face of Israeli violations and infractions aimed at disfiguring the Arabo-
Islamo-Christian identity of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and at evicting its Palestinian inhabitants;
welcomes in this respect the significant agreement signed between His Majesty King
Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the custodian of
the holy sites of Al-Quds and H.E. President Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of
Palestine in Amman on 31st March 2013, to defend Al-Aqsa Mosque and other Muslim
and Christian holy sites in Al-Quds and to Protect them legally by all possible means;
commends the Jordanian role in patronizing and ensuring the protection and
maintenance of the Muslim and Christian holy sites in Al-Quds within the framework of
the historical Hashemite custodianship and guardianship over the Muslim and Christian
holy sites in the city of Al-Quds as reaffirmed by the said agreement; reiterates thanks,
appreciation and support to the intense efforts exerted by His Majesty King Abdullah II,
King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in
the framework of the Hashemite custodianship and guardianship over the Muslim and
Christian holy sites in Al-Quds, which his Majesty assumes to end all Israeli gross
violations and recurrent aggressions, and pays tribute to His Majesty for his efforts
which have resulted in compelling the Israeli occupants to stop denying worshippers of
all ages the right to perform their Friday prayers in the precincts of the Holy Al-Aqsa
Mosque without any constraints, after having for many years past imposed an age-ceiling
for the exercise of this rights. The conference reaffirms its rejection of all of Israel’s
attempts to detract from the Hashemite custodianship and guardianship and commends
UNESCO’s resolution which favours the Jordanian Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic
Affairs’ right to undertake the restoration work of Bab Al-Maghariba.

26. Welcomes Turkey’s inclusion in the Al-Quds Committee of the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation, which was approved by the 13th Islamic Summit, held in Istanbul, Turkey,
on 15 April 2016.
27. Requests the Secretary General to follow up the implementation of the present
resolution and to report thereon to the 44th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers.

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 RESOLUTION NO. 3/43-PAL
ON
THE OCCUPIED SYRIAN GOLAN

The Forty Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, (Session of Education and
Enlightenment: Path to Peace and Creativity), held in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, on
17-18 Muharram 1438 H. (corresponding to 18-19 October 2016);

Having discussed the item titled "The Occupied Syrian Golan" and Israel's decision on
14 December 1981 to impose its laws, jurisdiction, and administration on the Occupied Syrian
Golan;

Having reviewed the oppressive measures to which the Syrian citizens in the occupied
Syrian Golan are being subjected and Israel's continued attempts to force them to accept the
Israeli identity;

Recalling the relevant resolutions of previous Islamic Conferences, particularly

Resolution No. 3/30-POL of the 30th Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers
(ICFM) held in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Resolution No. 3/9-POL (IS) of the 9th
Islamic Summit Conference held in Doha; Resolutions No. 2/34-POL of the 34th Session of the
ICFM held in Islamabad; the resolution adopted by the 35th session of the Islamic Conference
of Foreign Minister in Kampala; resolution 3/36-POL adopted by the 36th Session of the
Council Foreign Ministers; and Resolution No. 3/10-P (IS) and 3/11 (IS) of the 10th and 11th
Islamic Summit Conferences held in Putrajaya (Malaysia) and Dakar (Senegal) respectively,

Recalling also UN Security Council Resolution No. 497 (1981) dated 17 December
1981 and the relevant UN General Assembly resolutions, latest of which was the one adopted
by the 62nd Session,

Noting that Israel, in violation of Article 25 of the United Nations Charter, has refused to
accept and implement the resolutions of the UN Security Council, in particular Resolution No.
497 (1981), which considered null and void and with no legal consequence Israel’s decision to
annex the occupied Syrian Golan,

Deeply concerned at Israel’s persistent attempts to defy the will of the international
community and continuing to reaffirm annexation decisions which are considered null and void
and illegal by the international community,

Affirming that the Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilians in Times of War
(dated 12 August 1949) applies to the occupied Syrian Golan and that the building of

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settlements and the bringing of settlers to the Syrian Occupied Golan is a violation of this
agreement and an undermining of the peace process,

Affirming the fundamental principle of the inadmissibility of acquisition of territories

by force;

Condemning Israel’s non-compliance with the will of the international community in

failing to withdraw from the occupied Syrian Golan, which it occupies since 1967, contrary to
the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and UN General Assembly, as well as
international law;

Expressing concern over Israel's undermining of the Peace Process launched in Madrid
on the basis of UN Security Council Resolutions No. 243 and No. 338, as well as the land-for-
peace formula, and the risks resulting from Israel's reneging on the commitments and
obligations reached;

1. Lauds the steadfastness of the Syrian Arab citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan against
the occupation and their valiant resistance to Israel's repressive measures and against the
continued attempts to undermine their attachment to their land and to their Syrian Arab
identity, and declares its support for this steadfastness;

2. Strongly condemns Israel for its failure to comply with UN Security Council
Resolution No. 497 (1981) and reaffirms that Israel's decision to impose its laws,
jurisdiction, and administration on the Occupied Syrian Golan is null and void and has
no legal validity whatsoever and that it constitutes a blatant violation of the UN Charter,
relevant UN resolutions, and the OIC Charter and resolutions, as well as the Fourth
Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilians in Times of War, dated 12 August
1949, the relevant provisions of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, and the rules
of international law, in particular the inadmissibility of acquisition of territory by force;

3. Strongly condemns Israel for its persistence in changing the legal status, demographic
composition, and institutional structure of the occupied Syrian Golan, and for its policy
and practices, particularly confiscating lands; appropriating water resources; building
and expanding settlements and transferring settlers and immigrants thereto; exploiting
their natural resources and establishing projects on them; imposing an economic boycott
of the agricultural products of the local population; and prohibiting their exportation, it
condemns, in particular, the recent permission of the Israeli occupation forces to the so-
called “Settlers Council in the Golan” to invite Israeli setters to settle in the occupied
Syrian Golan with financial facilities under the slogan “Come to Golan”;

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4. Strongly condemns also Israel's attempts to impose Israeli nationality and identity cards
on the Syrian Arab citizens, as these measures constitute a flagrant violation of the
Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the 1949 Geneva Convention on the Protection
of Civilians in Times of War, and the relevant resolutions of the UN General Assembly
and other international bodies;

5. Condemns the repeated Israeli threats against Syria aimed at wrecking the peace process
and escalating tension in the region;

6. Strongly condemns Israel’s hostile breach of Syrian airspace on 6 July 2007, which
constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and the United Nations Charter. It
commends the balanced Syrian position vis-à-vis Israel’s escalationist policies designed
to undermine the genuine and comprehensive peace process in the region. It holds Israel
responsible for this blatant breach of Syrian sovereignty and expresses its solidarity with
the Syrian Arab Republic;

7. Reaffirms that Israel’s continued occupation of the Syrian Golan since 1967 and its
annexation on 14 December 1981 constitute a permanent threat to peace and security in
the region;

8. Reaffirms the need to compel Israel to comply forthwith with the provisions of the
Geneva Convention on war prisoners, dated 12 August 1949, and to apply them to the
Syrian detainees in the occupied Syrian Golan, who have been held for over 20 years
now in Israeli occupation prisons in inhuman conditions that have led to the
deterioration of their physical and psychological health and put their lives at risk, in a
blatant contravention of all international and humanitarian conventions;

9. Reaffirms also the right of the Syrian Arab Republic to recover its full sovereignty over
the occupied Golan;

10. Demands Israel to fully withdraw from all the occupied Syrian Golan to the line of the
4th of June 1967 in implementation of the relevant resolutions of the UN Security
Council and to begin demarcating that line;

11. Also demands Israel to fully respect all the foundations of the peace process as initiated
in Madrid, consistent with UN Security Council Resolutions No. 243 and No. 338 and
the “land-for-peace” formula, and to abide by all the commitments and pledges reached
so far;

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12. Demands a new all states to stop providing Israel with any military, economic, financial,
technological, or humanitarian assistance that may extend Israeli occupation of the
Syrian Golan and encourage Israel to pursue its expansionist settlement policy;

13. Urges the Quartet and the international community to assume their responsibilities and
compel Israel to implement the resolutions of international legality calling for the total
Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan to the line of 4 June 1967 and from
other occupied Arab lands, and to start to demarcate this line in order to achieve a
durable and comprehensive peace in the region;

14. Declares its support for Syria’s firm position in its commitment to a durable and
comprehensive peace in the region;

15. Requests the Secretary General to follow up the implementation of the present
resolution and to report thereon to the 44th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers.

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 RESOLUTION NO.4/43-PAL
ON
SOLIDARITY WITH LEBANON

The Forty Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, (Session of Education and
Enlightenment: Path to Peace and Creativity), held in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, on
17-18 Muharram 1438 H. (corresponding to 18-19 October 2016);

The CFM decides to:

1. Reiterates total solidarity with Lebanon and the provision of political and economic
support to Lebanon and its Government in order to preserve Lebanon’s national unity,
security, stability and sovereignty over all its territory; and reaffirm the right of the
Lebanese to liberate and recover Shebaa Farms, Kfarchouba Hills and the Lebanese part
of Al Ghajar, as well as their right to resist any aggression by all legitimate means
available; and further emphasize the importance of and need to draw a distinction
between terrorism and the legitimate resistance against the Israeli occupation; a right
provided for by international covenants and the principles of international law, and not to
consider resistance a terrorist act.

2. Supports the position of Lebanon demanding the international community to implement

Resolution 1701 based on the resolutions 435 and 436 by putting an end to Israel’s
ongoing violations and continuous threats to Lebanon, its civil installations and
infrastructures.

3. Welcomes and reaffirm support to the outcomes of the consecutive meetings of the
International Support Group for Lebanon, the last of which being the meeting held in
Berlin on 28/10/2014.

4. Commends the patriotic role performed by the Lebanese Army and security forces in
preserving stability and civil peace; supports the efforts exerted to extend the
sovereignty of the Lebanese State till the internationally-recognized borders; commends
the sacrifices of the Lebanese army in combating terrorism and countering terrorist and
takfirist organizations such as “ISIS” (Daesh), Jabhat Al-Nusra, and others; condemns
the heinous aggressions against many Lebanese regions and welcomes the aids extended
by sisterly and friendly states to Lebanon, particularly the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
which donated US$ 4 billion; urge all States to follow the example of this initiative in
order to reinforce the capacities of the Lebanese army and enable it to perform its duties

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 as a pillar that guarantees security, stability and civil peace in Lebanon; to denounce the
abduction of Lebanese soldiers by Daesh and Jabhat Al-Nusra since August 2014, and to
call for their release so as to thwart the plans of those wishing to sow internal and
regional dissention.

5. Condemns all criminal acts, armed moves and terrorist attacks which targeted a number
of Lebanese regions and claimed the lives of many innocent civilians; to reject all
attempts to sow dissension, undermine the foundations of coexistence and national unity,
and undermine security and stability, and the need to fight extremism, intolerance,
accusation of apostasy, and full cooperation and coordination to counter and combat
terrorism and dry up its sources of financing, cooperate on sharing information and
experiences, build capacities, hold accountable the perpetrators of terrorist acts and
crimes against humanity, and the instigators of violence and vandalism which jeopardize
peace and security, and impose stricter sanctions on them, and take preemptive measures
in this regard.

6. Pays tribute to Lebanon’s steadfastness and resistance against the continued Israeli
aggression, particularly July 2006 aggression; prays for the souls of Lebanese martyrs,
and regards the cohesion and unity of the Lebanese people in confronting the aggression
as a safeguard for Lebanon’s future, its security and its stability; classify Israeli crimes
as war crimes requiring the trial their perpetrators and holding Israel fully accountable
for its aggressions and forcing to compensate the Republic of Lebanon and Lebanese
citizens; welcomes the UNGA resolution 69/212 adopted in December 2014 on the “Oil
slick on Lebanese shores” which provides for Israel’s payment of financial
compensation for the damage sustained by Lebanon because of Israel’s bombardment of
Jiyeh Power Station in the July 2006 war.

7. Condemns Israel’s breaches and violations of Lebanese sovereignty by air, sea and
land, including:
• Israeli infiltration of Lebanese society through spies and spying networks.
• Israeli violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty and economic rights in its regional
waters, its exclusive economic zone and its oil and gas resources available in its sea
area.
• Electronic was waged by Israel on the Republic of Lebanon by a remarkable increase
in the number of towers, dishes and monitoring, spying and control equipment used
for piracy and espionage on all Lebanese communication and information networks.

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 • Israel’s refusal to provide full and correct information and maps of the sites of all
unexploded munitions, including their quantity and the type of cluster bombs thrown
by Israel arbitrarily on populated civil areas during its aggression of summer 2006.

8. The CFM affirms:

• The need to preserve the unique and multilateralism feature of Lebanon based on
equity between Muslims and Christians, religious coexistence and dialogue,
tolerance, acceptance of the other and condemnation of their blatant civilizational
opposite represented by exclusionist terrorist organizations such as “Daesh” and
“Jabhat Al-Nusra” and the crimes they commit against humanity, which replicate
Israel’s exclusionist policies based on the Jewish nature of the State, as well as its
aggressive practices against Muslim and Christian Arabs.
• Supports the policy of the Lebanese Government in promoting Lebanon’s
visibility at the Arab and international levels and disseminate its civilizational
message and cultural diversity, particularly in facing Israel, preserve minorities as
basic original components in the social fabric of the region, and the need to
preserve their rights, prevent their targeting by terrorist groups and describing
crimes against these minorities as crimes against humanity.
• Supports the Lebanese Government's position mandated by provisions of the
Constitution as to the rejection of settlement and to uphold the right of return of
the Palestinian refugees to their homeland; and commends the unequivocal and
firm position of the Palestinian people and leadership rejecting the resettlement of
Palestinian refugees in the host countries, especially in Lebanon.
• Supports the efforts of the Lebanese Government in pursuing the issue of the
forced disappearance of His Eminence Imam Mousa Al-Sadr and his two
companions, Sheikh Mohammad Ya’qub and journalist Abbas Badruddine, to
uncover their destiny and liberate them and hold the officials of the former
Libyan regime in order to put an end to this crime.

9. The CFM Welcomes:

• The efforts exerted by the Government and people of Lebanon as regards the
issue of Syrian and Palestinian refugees in Syria who came to Lebanon in order to
host them despite its limited potentials; and emphasize on the need to stand by
and support Lebanon in this regard, to share the burden and numbers with it, halt
the increasing burdens and numbers of the displaced; insist that their stay be
temporary given the threat this situation poses on Lebanon’s entity and existence;
endeavor by all possible means to ensure their return to their country as soon as
possible; commend the dedicated attempts of the Lebanese Government to reduce
the number of Syrian displaced persons in Lebanese territories, to guarantee the
security of the Lebanese and the Syrians and alleviate the burden on the people

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 and economy of Lebanon as the country is on the verge of a social, economic and
security explosion that threatens its existence.

• Lebanon’s resorting to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to

denounce the war crimes perpetrated by Israel in Gaza, and the terrorist crimes
being perpetrated in Iraq.

• The efforts of the Lebanese Government aimed at applying and developing the
economic reform policy and the promotion of sustainable economic growth with
a view to modernizing the structure of the national economy, maintaining its
stability and promoting its development opportunities through the ongoing
dialogue among the Lebanese political to overcome differences, ease political
tension and advance national concord and coexistence, and energize the work of
the Government and constitutional institutions, with a view to preserving
Lebanon’s unity, security and stability.

• The ongoing dialogue among Lebanese political parties to overcome differences,

reduce political tension, advance national harmony and coexistence, activate
government work and constitutional institutions and create the necessary
atmosphere for holding presidential elections out of respect for the constitution
and in implementation of the principle of rotation of power required by the nature
of the Lebanese democratic system.

10. Requests the Secretary-General to follow up the implementation of the present

resolution and to report thereon to the 44th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers.

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 RESOLUTION NO.5/43-PAL
ON
THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE PEACE
PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

The Forty Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, (Session of Education and
Enlightenment: Path to Peace and Creativity), held in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, on
17-18 Muharram 1438 H. (corresponding to 18-19 October 2016);

Having considered the Report of the Secretary-General on the City of Al-Quds Al-
Sharif (Document No.OIC/CFM-43/2016/PAL/SG-REP),

Referring to the resolutions of Islamic conferences,

Having considered the grave situation resulting from the continued policies of
successive Israeli governments hostile to peace, and their failure to abide by the resolutions of
international legitimacy and signed agreements,

Cognizant of the international community’s attempts to peacefully and justly resolve the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict,

1. Reaffirms its unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people to realize their inalienable
national rights, including their right to return, self-determination, and the establishment of
its independent state of Palestine with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
2. Reiterates its adherence to the Arab Peace Initiative to resolve the issue of Palestine and the
Arab Israeli conflict, adopted by the 14th Arab Summit Conference held in Beirut, Republic
of Lebanon, on 28 March 2002, and expresses its support of the resolutions of the 21st Arab
Summit Conference thereon.
3. Emphasizes the importance of role of the UNSC to advance peace efforts in the region and
stand against the continued Israeli intransigence. In this regard, calls on Member States not
undermine the role of the Council and its adoption of positions in line with its relevant
resolutions, and stresses its support for any future effort to submit a draft resolution to the
UNSC contributing to the end of occupation within a binding and specific timetable.
4. Reaffirms its commitment to a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East and
emphasizes that the peace process is an indivisible task based on Israel’s full withdrawal
from the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem and the occupied Syrian
Golan, to the line of 4 June 1976, and from the occupied Lebanese territory to the
internationally recognized borders, consistent with relevant resolutions of international
legitimacy, particularly UN Security Council Resolutions No. 243, No. 338, and No. 435,

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 the principle of “land-for-peace”, and the Madrid Terms of Reference, as well as enabling
the Palestinian people to recover their inalienable national rights, including the right of
return to their homes and properties in line with UNGA resolution 194 and to establish their
independent State on their national territory with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
5. Welcomes international and regional efforts, in coordination with Arab partners and with
concerned States to peacefully and justly end the Israeli occupation of the land of the State
of Palestine, and calls on all states, including the States sponsoring the peace process to
ensure the commitment of Israel, the occupying power, to act responsibly and in compliance
with international law and the UN resolutions which constitute the basis of the peace
process, to ensure an enabling environment supportive of these goals.
6. Welcomes the holding of the Paris Conference on 3 June 2016, and emphasizes the need for
joint international action and the development of necessary mechanisms within a specific
timetable that would end the Israeli occupation of the territory of the State of Palestine and
achieve the two-state solution, based on the UN relevant resolutions, the principle of land
for peace and the Arab Peace Initiative.
7. Reiterates the Islamic stand rejecting partial solutions, Israeli unilateral measures and the
policy of imposing a fait accompli, and urges all States and international organizations not
to recognize or approve of them, including entertaining any guarantees or promises that may
entail any detraction from the Palestinian people’s legitimate rights.
8. Strongly condemns the Israeli Government’s illegal policies and practices, including its
continued aggressions, colonial practices, collective punishment and oppression that seeks
to deepen the occupation and prolong the suffering of the Palestinian people, which is
incompatible with the rules of international law, the references and fundamentals of the
peace process, and undermines peace prospects and attempts to revive the peace process.
9. Requests the international community, in particular the Security Council, to assume its
responsibilities in preserving international peace and security and take all possible effective
measures to compel Israel, the occupying power, to strictly abide by its commitments under
international law, including international humanitarian law.
10. Holds Israel, the occupying power, fully responsible for the interruption of negotiations
because of its persistence in building and expanding colonial settlements, continuing
aggressions against the Aqsa Holy Mosque, the judaization of the city of Al-Quds Al-
Shareef, denial of the rights of the Palestinian people, its refusal to commit to the terms of
reference of the peace process, and its failure to implement its undertakings to release the
first group of old Palestinian prisoners
11. Reaffirms its support for the Palestinian position and stresses in this regard its categorical
and unequivocal refusal of any illegitimate conditions or dictates imposed by Israel, the

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 occupying power, including a fait accompli policy or approving any amendment to the
parameters of the peace process.
12. Welcomes the State of Palestine accession to international treaties, encourages and supports
all further steps towards reinforcing the legal personality of the State of Palestine at the
international level and the legal tools of protection for the Palestinian people; and Calls on
all Member States to adopt and support the endeavor of the State of Palestine to join
international treaties and organizations.
13. Calls on Member States that have established relations with Israel and those that have
commenced steps towards relations with Israel under the peace process to severe those
relations, including closing missions and offices, cutting economic relations and stopping all
forms of normalization with it until it strictly and sincerely implements the United Nations
resolutions on the question of Palestine and Al Quds Al Sharif and the Arab-Israeli conflict
and until a just and comprehensive peace is established in the region.
14. Requests the Secretary-General to follow up the implementation of the present resolution
and to report thereon to the 44th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers.
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 RESOLUTION NO.6/43-CFM-PAL
ON
FINANCIAL SUPPORT MECHANISMS FOR THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

The Forty Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, (Session of Education and
Enlightenment: Path to Peace and Creativity), held in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, on
17-18 Muharram 1438 H. (corresponding to 18-19 October 2016);

Proceeding from the principles and objectives enshrined in the Charter of the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation and from its resolutions calling for the support of the
Palestinian people,

Condemning the settlement policies, the confiscation of lands properties, the

continuation of the policy of collective punishment perpetrated by Israel against Palestinian
citizen in occupied Palestinian and Arab lands, its blockade of the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif
and violation of holy places and Islamic and Christian values,

Lauding the resolutions of the emergency Arab Summit in Cairo in October 2000 to set
up a mechanism for supporting the Palestinian people, preserving the identity of Al-Quds and
enhancing the capabilities of the Palestinian economy, and the resolutions of the Algerian
Summit in 2005, the Khartoum Summit in 2006 and the Riyadh Summit in 2007 and the Sirte
on expanding the resource bases of Al-Quds Fund and Al-Aqsa Fund and inviting OIC Member
States to join the Funds,

Welcoming Baku declarations adopted on 11 June, 2013 and expresses gratitude to the
people and government of Azerbaijan for hosting the conference,

Commending the just and legitimate struggle of the Palestinian people to reclaim their
well-established national rights, and resolving to support them through all possible ways and
means to enable them overcome their travail and achieve their full objectives,

1. Condemns the punitive measures imposed by Israeli occupation authorities, including

the economic barriers against the occupied Palestinian territory, which causes suffering
to Palestinian citizens, and the deterioration of living conditions and human security; and
reminds Member States to implement the Baku declarations adopted on 11 June 2013
and the subsequent resolutions of Islamic Summits, and invites them to disburse early
pledges to the Palestinian strategic plan for the development of the vital sectors in the
city of Al-Quds Al Sharif, which sets out the priorities and emergency requirements of
the City, in this regard expresses gratitude to members that have contributed to the plan,

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 particularly in light of the grave situations in East Jerusalem, and calls on Member
states to abide by the commitments made in of Sharm El Sheikh Conference in Cairo on
the reconstruction of Gaza.
2. Invites Member States to implement the resolution adopted by the 13th Islamic Summit
Conference to support and expand the programme for the economic empowerment of the
Palestinian people in the territory of the State of Palestine and the city of Al Quds,
launched by Al-Aqsa Fund and managed by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), and
calls on Member States to mobilize additional resources to the programme through
voluntary contributions by governments, the private sector, individuals and institutions,
which would support and strengthen the steadfastness of the Palestinian people on their
land.

3. Invites Member States that are yet to join Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa funds to do so and to
provide economic support to boost the steadfastness of the Palestinian people, support
the economic and social development programmes in Palestinian, and provide assistance
to a self-sustaining national economy and support its national institutions;

4. Mandates the OIC General Secretariat and the Islamic Development Bank to arrange for
urgent consultation to set-up the necessary mechanisms to mobilize resources from
Members States;

5. Calls on the Member States which have announced the twinning of their capitals and
cities with the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif to promptly sponsor some projects which
strengthen the steadfastness of the Holy City, its inhabitants, and institutions and
implement the resolution on the establishment of Islamic endowments (waqf) in their
countries to this end; urges the Member States that have not yet announced the
twinning of their capitals and cities with the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, the capital of
Palestine, to take early action to that end in reinforcement of the spirit of Islamic
solidarity with the Palestinian people;

6. Welcomes the hosting by Morocco of the Forum of Twin Capitals and Cities with Al-
Quds Al-Sharif in 2016;

7. Requests the Secretary-General to follow up the implementation of the present

resolution and to report thereon to the 44th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers.

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