UN Security Council resolution 497
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Council Resolution 497 |
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| Date: | 17th December 1981 |
| Meeting: | 2245 |
| Identifier: | S / RES / 497 (1981) |
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| Poll: | Pro: 15 Ent. : 0 Cons: 0 |
| Object: | Nullity of the annexation of the Golan Heights by Israel |
| Result: | accepted |
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The resolution 497 of the UN Security Council (from 17th December 1981 ) demanded that Israel , its annexation of the Golan Heights to undo.
The main message of the resolution is the statement that "the Israeli decision to establish its laws, judiciary and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and has no international legal effect" (Section 1).
The resolution also underlines that the Fourth Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilians in Time of War remains in force in the Syrian territory occupied by Israel since June 1967.
Web links
- United Nations Security Council: Resolution 497 . December 17, 1981 ( yale.edu [accessed August 27, 2006]).