RE: Annexing West Bank
⁜→ P F Tinmore, et al,
This list comes from the application
of General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 pertaining to Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.
• Committee of 24 (Special Committee on Decolonization) •
The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (also known as the Special Committee on decolonization or C-24), the United Nations entity exclusively devoted to the issue of decolonization, was established in 1961 by the General Assembly with the purpose of monitoring the implementation of the Declaration (General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960).
The Special Committee annually reviews the list of Territories to which the Declaration is applicable and makes recommendations as to its implementation. It also hears statements from NSGTs representatives, dispatches visiting missions, and organizes seminars on the political, social and economic situation in the Territories. Further, the Special Committee annually makes recommendations concerning the dissemination of information to mobilize public opinion in support of the decolonization process, and observes the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories.
1. The subjection of peoples to alien subjugation, domination and exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights, is contrary to the Charter of the United Nations and is an impediment to the promotion of world peace and co-operation.
2. All peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
3. Inadequacy of political, economic, social or educational preparedness should never serve as a pretext for delaying independence.
4. All armed action or repressive measures of all kinds directed against dependent peoples shall cease in order to enable them to exercise peacefully and freely their right to complete independence, and the integrity of their national territory shall be respected.
5. Immediate steps shall be taken, in Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories or all other territories which have not yet attained independence, to transfer all powers to the peoples of those territories, without any conditions or reservations, in accordance with their freely expressed will and desire, without any distinction as to race, creed or colour, in order to enable them to enjoy complete independence and freedom.
6. Any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of a country is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
7. All States shall observe faithfully and strictly the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the present Declaration on the basis of equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of all States, and respect for the sovereign rights of all peoples and their territorial integrity.
(AND NOW FOR THE REST OF THE STORY)
If you actually go to
the Committee 24 List of NSGTs, you will not find Palestine, the Occupied Territories, or the West Bank - Jerusalem - Gaza Strip listed. You will notice that there are 4 Colonial Administrating Powers remaining in the world
(US, UK, France, New Zealand). At one point, the territories were held in trust
under Article 77a of the UN Charter; but not since the creation of Committee 24. It is correct to say that "Israel" is not
(identified by Committee 24 as) a Colonial Power over the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). Further, the oPt are not listed as a colonial holding of any nation. There are a number of reasons for this
(which I won't go into here), and a key point you should take away from this is that when the pro-Arab Palestinian advocates bring this up, they are quite deliberately injecting "misinformation" for propaganda purposes.
Now I have had pro-Arab Palestinian advocates imply that they know better than Committee 24 as to how to apply the Decolonization Program. You be the judge.
(COMMENT)
Items #1 thru #3 cited by our friend PF Tinmore, are relatively close to the intent of the Charter and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR). But it is important to note that:
◈ Israel is not involved thin the exploitation of the Arab Palestinians of the
(socalled) oPt. Israel is not exploiting Arab Palestinians labor, or denying any fundemental human rights. However, Israel does attempt to meet the International Requirement to take such measures as may be necessary to restore, and ensure public order and safety, to the extent to such territory where Israeli authority has been established. (Hague Convention 1907)
◈ Israel has not denied the Arab Palestinians of the West Bank, Jerusalem, or Gaza Strip the right to self-determination and establish such a state able to stand by itself under the strenuous conditions of the modern world. Nor does Israel actually deny the Arab Palestinians the right to establish a corrupt government.
Item #3 is absurd. Freedoms and the recognitions of those freedoms are not a "suicide pact;" no matter how traditional the suicide is to the Islamic culture. It is simply insane to suggest that any responsible patron for Palestinian would suggest the creation of another failed state. You simply don't do that; there must be a reasonable chance for success.
Item #4. Wrong
! → Articles 42 and 43 of the Hague Convention. It is especially wrong when the proposed state in question has, imbedded within the governement, know terrorist sympathizers and government sponsored terrorist and terrorist organizations.
Items #5 thru #7 are merely variations on the theme already discussed,
supra.
Most Respectfully,
R
