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Last update - 12:23 09/01/2009
Text of UN Security Council resolution for Gaza cease-fire
By DPA
Tags: Hamas, Gaza, Israel
The Gaza resolution adopted Thursday by the UN Security Council "stresses
the urgency of and calls for an immediate, durable and fully respected
ceasefire leading to the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza."
The resolution's main points:
"Calls for the unimpeded provisions and distribution throughout Gaza of
humanitarian assistance, including of food, fuel and medical treatment.
"Welcomes the initiatives aimed at creating and opening humanitarian
corridors and other mechanisms for the sustained delivery of humanitarian aid.
"Calls on member states to support international efforts to alleviate the
humanitarian and economic situation in Gaza, including through urgently needed
additional contributions to UNRWA and through the Ad-hoc Liaison Committee.
(UNRWA is the agency responsible for assisting Palestinian refugees)
"Condemns all acts of violence and terror directed against civilians and
all acts of terrorism.
"Calls upon member states to intensify efforts to provide arrangements
and guarantees in Gaza in order to sustain a durable ceasefire and calm,
including to prevent illicit trafficking in arms and ammunition and to ensure
the sustained reopening of the crossing points on the basis of the 2005
Agreement on Movement and Access between the Palestinian Authority and Israel,
and in this regard, welcomes the Egyptian initiative, and other regional and
international efforts that are underway.
"Encourages tangible steps towards intra-Palestinian reconciliation,
including in support of mediation efforts of Egypt and the League of Arab
States as expressed in the November 25, 2008, statement, and consistent with
Security Council Resolution 1850 and other relevant resolutions.
"Calls for the renewed and urgent efforts by the parties and the
international community to achieve a comprehensive peace based on the vision of
a region where two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, live side by side
in peace with secure and recognized borders, as envisaged in Security Council
1850, and recalls the importance of the Arab Peace Initiative.
"Welcomes the Quartet's consideration, in consultation with the parties,
of an international meeting in Moscow in 2009.
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