A/RES/74/117
Assistance to the Palestinian people
Conscious of the urgent need for improvement in the economic and social
infrastructure of the occupied territory,
Welcoming, in this context, the development of projects, notably on
infrastructure, to revive the Palestinian economy and improve the living conditions
of the Palestinian people, stressing the need to create the appr opriate conditions to
facilitate the implementation of these projects, and noting the contribution of partners
in the region and of the international community,
Aware that development is difficult under occupation and is best promoted in
circumstances of peace and stability,
Noting the great economic and social challenges facing the Palestinian people
and their leadership,
Emphasizing the importance of the safety and well-being of all people, in
particular women and children, in the whole Middle East region, the promotion of
which is facilitated, inter alia, in a stable and secure environment,
Deeply concerned about the negative impact, including the health and
psychological consequences, of violence on the present and future well -being of
children in the region,
Conscious of the urgent necessity for international assistance to the Palestinian
people, taking into account the Palestinian priorities, and recalling in this regard the
National Early Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza,
Expressing grave concern about the grave humanitarian situation in the Gaza
Strip, and underlining the importance of emergency and humanitarian as sistance and
the need for the advancement of reconstruction in the Gaza Strip,
Welcoming the results of the Conference to Support Middle East Peace,
convened in Washington, D.C., on 1 October 1993, the establishment of the Ad Hoc
Liaison Committee for the Coordination of the International Assistance to
Palestinians and the work being done by the World Bank as its secretariat and the
establishment of the Consultative Group, as well as all follow-up meetings and
international mechanisms established to provide assistance to the Palestinian people,
Underlining the importance of the Cairo International Conference on Palestine:
Reconstructing Gaza, held on 12 October 2014, and urging the timely and full
disbursement of pledges for expediting the provision of humanitarian assistance and
the reconstruction process,
Recalling the International Donors’ Conference for the Palestinian State, held
in Paris on 17 December 2007, the Berlin Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil
Security and the Rule of Law, held on 24 June 2008, and the Palestine Investment
Conferences, held in Bethlehem from 21 to 23 May 2008 and on 2 and 3 June 2010,
and the International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the
Reconstruction of Gaza, held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 2 March 2009,
Welcoming the ministerial meetings of the Conference on Cooperation among
East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development, convened in Tokyo in February
2013 and in Jakarta in March 2014, as a forum to mobilize political and economi c
assistance, including through exchanges of expertise and lessons learned, in support
of Palestinian development,
Welcoming also the latest meetings of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the
Coordination of the International Assistance to Palestinians, hel d in Brussels on
27 May 2015 and in New York on 25 September 2013, 22 September 2014,
30 September 2015, 19 September 2016, 18 September 2017, 27 September 2018 and
26 September 2019,
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