P F Tinmore, et al,
All I can say is that you have to first understand the conditions at the time the Non-Binding Resolution was written, AND the actual components of the Resolution.
You always duck the Issue of Palestine's territorial integrity.
(OBSERVATION)
It reaffirms the "inalienable right" of:
•• the Namibian people,
•• the Palestinian people and
•• all peoples under foreign and colonial domination
In 1982, what were the conditions:
The 7th Arab League Summit affirmed
(1974 --- two years after the attack, by the Palestinian group Black September, during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich,):
•• the right of the Palestinian people to establish an independent national authority under the command of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
•• the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people in any Palestinian territory that is liberated.
•• Arab states undertake to defend Palestinian national unity
•• Arab states not to interfere in the internal affairs of Palestinian action.
•• The PLO exercise of its responsibility at the national and international levels within the framework of Arab commitment;
•• The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to return to their homeland;
In 1982, the situation on the ground was much different.
•• the Israelis "occupied" the territory formerly under the administration of the Egyptian Military Governor known as the Gaza Strip.
•• the Israelis "occupied" the sovereign territory of the Hashemite Kingdom known as the West Bank.
(COMMENT)
The Palestinians have no special rights, especially as it pertains to self-determination and to return to their homeland. It was the Allied Powers (having all rights and title) that recognized the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country.
So, in the international context, the respect for the principle of "equal rights" and "self-determination" of peoples
(that would be including the Jewish People with the historical connection). "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."
And once again, I have to remind you that neither the "Mandate" or the "Occupation" represent a Colonial Power to extend their rule over a
Non-Self-Governing Territories for the purposes of any exploitation. Neither the Jewish Agency or the follow-on Jewish State of Israel ---- act on behalf of a Colonial Power at any time since its establishment.
The non-Binding Resolution, rather long, makes very few demands and makes only one decision.
• 30. Decides to consider this item again at its thirty-eighth session on the basis of the reports that Governments, United Nations agencies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations have been requested to submit concerning the strengthening of assistance to colonial territories and peoples.
• 14. Again demands the immediate application of the mandatory arms embargo against South Africa, imposed under Security Council resolution 418 (1977), by all countries, particularly by those countries that maintain military and nuclear co-operation with the racist Pretoria regime and continue to supply related material to that regime;
• 16. Demands the immediate implementation of General Assembly resolution ES-8/2 on Namibia;
• 24. Demands the immediate and unconditional release of all persons detained or imprisoned as a result of their struggle for self-determination and independence, full respect for their fundamental individual rights and the observance of article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, under which no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment;
• 26. Demands the immediate release of children detained in Namibian and South African prisons;
There is absolutely nothing in this UN Resolution that demands anything of Israel or decides anything pertaining to Israel.
All this really shows is that the Arab Palestinian was unable to establish anything meaningful on the matter of the Middle East Conflict between 1974 and the 1982.
Most Respectfully,
R