OCTOBER 9 — In two months’ time on December 8, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Resolution ES-10/14, adopted on December 8,...
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Moreover, in requesting an opinion of the Court, the UNGA had not exceeded its competence, as qualified by Article 12 of the Charter, which provides that while the UN Security Council is exercising its functions in respect of any dispute or situation the UNGA must not make any recommendation with regard thereto unless the UNSC so requests.
Lastly, the Court rejected the argument that an opinion could not be given in the present case on the ground that the question posed was not a legal one, or that it was of an abstract or political nature. Israel was under an obligation to terminate its breaches of international law; it was under an obligation to cease forthwith the works of construction of the wall being built in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, to dismantle forthwith the structure therein situated, and to repeal or render ineffective forthwith all legislative and regulatory acts relating thereto;...
“As regards the principle of the right of peoples to self-determination, the Court observes that the existence of a “Palestinian people” is no longer in issue. Such existence has moreover been recognised by Israel.”“The Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip of 28 September 1995 ... refers a number of times to the Palestinian people and its “legitimate rights” .