United Nations Security Council resolution 476, adopted on 30 June 1980, declared that "all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

, the occupying Power, which purport to alter the character and status of the Holy City of

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

have no legal validity and constitute a flagrant violation of the

Fourth Geneva Convention The Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (), more commonly referred to as the Fourth Geneva Convention and abbreviated as GCIV, is one of the four treaties of the Geneva Conventions. It was adopted in August 1 ...

". The resolution was adopted by 14 votes to none, with the

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abstaining.

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* {{UNSCR 1980 0476 0476 1980s in Jerusalem United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning the Israeli–Palestinian conflict June 1980 Jerusalem in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

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