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Resolution 904 (1994)
of
The Security Council,
Shocked by the appalling massacre committed against Palestinian
worshippers in the Mosque of Ibrahim in Hebron on 25
February 1994, during the holy month of Ramadan,
Gravely concerned by the consequent Palestinian casualties in the
occupied Palestinian territory as a result of the massacre, which underlines
the need to provide protection and security for the Palestinian people,
Determined to overcome the adverse impact of the massacre on the peace
process currently under way,
Noting with satisfaction the efforts undertaken to guarantee the smooth
proceeding of the peace process, and calling upon all concerned to continue
their efforts to this end,
Noting the condemnation of this massacre by the entire international
community,
Reaffirming its relevant resolutions, which affirmed the applicability
of the fourth Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 5/ to the territories
occupied by Israel in June 1967, including Jerusalem, and the Israeli
responsibilities thereunder,
1. Strongly condemns the massacre in
2. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to
continue to take and implement measures, including, inter alia, confiscation of arms, with the aim of preventing
illegal acts of violence by Israeli settlers;
3. Calls for measures to be taken to guarantee
the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilians throughout the occupied
territory, including, inter alia, a temporary
international or foreign presence, which was provided for in the Declaration of
Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, signed by the Government of
Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization at Washington, D.C. on 13
September 1993, 6/ within the context of the ongoing peace
process;
4. Requests the co-sponsors of the peace
process, the United States of America and the Russian Federation, to continue
their efforts to invigorate the peace process and to undertake the necessary
support for the implementation of the above-mentioned measures;
5. Reaffirms its support for the peace process
currently under way and calls for the implementation of the Declaration of
Principles without delay.
Adopted as a whole without a
vote at the 3351st meeting,
following a paragraph-by-paragraph vote. 7/
Notes
1/ Resolutions or decisions on this question were also adopted by the
Council in 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989,
1990, 1991 and 1992.
2/ Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-ninth Year,
Supplement for January, February and March 1994.
3/ Document S/1994/232, incorporated in the record of the 3340th
meeting.
4/ Document S/1994/227, incorporated in the record of the 3340th
meeting.
5/ Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in
Time of War (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973).
6/ Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-eighth Year,
Supplement for October, November and December 1993, document S/26560,
annex.
7/ The result of the voting on the second and
sixth preambular paragraphs of the draft resolution
S/1994/280 was as follows: 14 in favour, none against
and 1 abstention (