United Nations Security Council resolution 1435, adopted on 24 September 2002, after recalling resolutions

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(1967),

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(1973),

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(2002),

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(2002) and

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(2002), the Council demanded the end to Israeli measures in

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, including the destruction of Palestinian infrastructure. The Security Council reiterated its concern at events that had taken place in the region since September 2000 and their deterioration, particularly terrorist attacks against civilians in Israel and at a Palestinian school in Hebron. It demanded the end of the occupation of the headquarters of the President of the

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Yasser Arafat. Furthermore, there was alarm at the reoccupation of Palestinian cities and restrictions on the

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of people and goods and the need for all to respect the

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of 1949. The resolution reiterated the need for a complete cessation of all acts of violence, demanding that Israel end measures in and around Ramallah and to withdraw occupying forces from Palestinian cities to positions held before September 2000. The Palestinian Authority was called upon to ensure that those responsible for the terrorist acts would be brought to justice. It also supported further diplomatic efforts by the Quartet on the Middle East and others in the region and recognised the initiative adopted at the

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Summit in Beirut which stated that peace between Israel and the Palestinians could be achieved through the abandonment of the right to return of Palestinian refugees in exchange for the establishment of a Palestinian state in the 1967 borders and the sharing of Jerusalem. Resolution 1435 was adopted by 14 votes to none against with one

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from the United States. American representatives

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and James Cunningham stated that the country would not support a "one-sided resolution".

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''Summary of the 4614th Meeting (AM, PM & Night)''
Security Council, 23/24 September 2002 (Press Release, doc.nr.SC/7509)
Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
{{UNSCR 2002 1435 1435 United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2002 in Israel September 2002 events

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