The United Nations and BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions): Modern Antisemitism

Reports

• September 27, 2023: Twenty-seventh report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  "Today’s briefing is devoted to the 27th report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016). The reporting period is from 15 June to 19 September.
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  In resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council also called upon all States 'to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.' On 26 June, the U.S. Department of State confirmed that it had circulated foreign policy guidance to relevant agencies advising that 'engaging in bilateral scientific and technological cooperation with Israel in geographic areas which came under the administration of Israel after June 5, 1967, and which remain subject to final status negotiations, is inconsistent with U.S. foreign policy.'"
• June 27, 2023: Twenty-sixth report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  "The present report is the twenty-sixth quarterly report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), covering the period from 14 March to 14 June 2023.
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  56. In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967. No such steps were taken during the reporting period."
• March 22, 2023: Twenty-fifth report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  "Turning now to the Secretary-General’s 25th report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), covering the period from 8 December 2022 to 13 March 2023.
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  In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967. No such steps were taken during the reporting period."
• December 14, 2022: Twenty-fourth report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  "1. The present report is the twenty-fourth quarterly report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), covering the period from 21 September to 7 December 2022.
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  63. In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967. No such steps were taken during the reporting period."
• September 28, 2022: Twenty-third report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "Today’s briefing is devoted to the 23rd report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016). The reporting period is from 17 June to 20 September.
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  In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States “to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.” No such steps were taken during the reporting period."

• June 22, 2022: Twenty-second report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "1.The present report is the twenty-second quarterly report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), covering the period from 19 March to 16 June 2022.
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  86. In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.
  87. On 13 May, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ruled that “product of Israel” labels, without any additional clarifying information, affixed to two wines produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank were considered “false” and therefore not in compliance with applicable Canadian federal statutes concerning food labelling. The Agency made its determination following a decision in the matter that was handed down by the Federal Court of Appeal of Canada in May 2021 and earlier related court proceedings in Canada, which the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and my Personal Representative to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority addressed when he briefed the Security Council on my eleventh quarterly report (see S/PV.8625).
  88. On 10 June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway announced that “foodstuffs originating in the territories occupied by the State of Israel must bear the indication of their territory of origin, accompanied, where those foodstuffs come from an Israeli settlement within that territory, by the indication of that provenance”, indicating that such a requirement would be in line with the December 2019 ruling of the European Court of Justice concerning the interpretation of European Union Regulation 1169/2011 (also known as the European Union regulation on the provision of food information to consumers). I had reported on that ruling in my twelfth quarterly report (S/2019/938). The Ministry added that the regulation was incorporated into the Agreement on the European Economic Area and its implementation was therefore part of the country’s obligations under that Agreement.
  89. In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council also called upon all parties to continue, in the interest of the promotion of peace and security, to exert collective efforts to launch credible negotiations on all final status issues in the Middle East peace process and urged in that regard the intensification and acceleration of international and regional diplomatic efforts and support aimed at achieving, without delay, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East on the basis of the relevant United Nations resolutions, the Madrid terms of reference, including the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet Road Map, and an end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967. The Council underlined that it would not recognize any changes to the 4 June 1967 lines, including with regard to Jerusalem, other than those agreed by the parties through negotiations. No such steps were taken during the reporting period."

• March 22, 2022: Twenty-first report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "On behalf of the Secretary-General, I will devote this briefing to presenting his 21st report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), covering the period from 10 December to 18 March.
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  In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States 'to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.' No such steps were taken during the reporting period."

• December 15, 2021: Twentieth report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "1. The present report is the twentieth quarterly report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016). The reporting period is from 29 September to 9 December 2021.
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  56. In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.
  57. On 16 November, the Government of Belgium agreed that future treaties between Belgium and Israel would contain the European Union territorial clause stipulating that the treaties do not apply to territories brought under Israeli control after 1967. It also agreed, inter alia, that it would tighten controls on goods entering from Israel with a view to determining whether they could be treated preferentially or not, on the basis of European Union trade agreements with Israel, depending upon their place of origin.
  58. On 6 December, the European Union and Israel concluded an agreement associating Israel to Horizon Europe, the European Union flagship programme for research and innovation. The agreement replicates a provision from the previous European Union-Israel association agreement (2014–2020), in which it is stated, inter alia, that 'in accordance with European Union policy, this agreement shall not apply to the geographic areas that came under the administration of the State of Israel after 5 June 1967'."

• September 29, 2021: Nineteenth Report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "On behalf of the Secretary-General, I will devote this briefing to presenting his 19th report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), covering the period from 12 June to 27 September.
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  In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States “to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.” No such steps were taken during the reporting period."

• June 18, 2021: Eighteenth Report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "1. The present report is the eighteenth quarterly report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016). The reporting period is from 23 March to 11 June.
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  44. In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967."

• March 25, 2021: Seventeenth Report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "On behalf of the Secretary-General, I will devote this briefing to presenting his 17th report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), covering the period from 11 December to 23 March.
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  In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States "to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967." No such steps were taken during the reporting period..."

• December 16, 2020: Sixteenth Report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "1. The present report is the sixteenth quarterly report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016). The reporting period is from 21 September to 10 December 2020.
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  71. In resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.
  72. On 28 October, the Governments of Israel and the United States of America announced that they had amended three bilateral science, agriculture and technology agreements, allowing United States funds to be directed for the first time to Israeli research projects in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan.
  73. On 19 November, the United States announced new guidelines requiring all products exported to the United States from Area C of the occupied West Bank to be labelled as "Made in Israel"..."

• September 29, 2020: Fifteenth Report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "On behalf of the Secretary-General, I will devote this briefing to presenting his fifteenth report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334, covering the period from 5 June to 20 September of this year.
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  In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States "to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967." No such steps were known to have been taken during the reporting period..."

• July 24, 2020: Letter from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly including the progress report from the Board of the UN Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, A/ES-10/839
  
  "1. The Board of the United Nations Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory provides the present progress report, in accordance with paragraph 6 (h) of General Assembly resolution ES-10/17, covering the period from 22 June 2019 to 1 July 2020...
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  4. By 1 July 2020, 71,547 claim forms for registration of damage and more than 1 million supporting documents had been collected and delivered to the Office of the Register of Damage in Vienna...
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  5. As at 1 July 2020, the Board had decided to include in the Register some or all of the losses set out in 36,023 claim forms and to exclude 1,234 claim forms in which none of the losses met the eligibility criteria, bringing the total number of decided claims to 37,257."
• June 18, 2020: Fourteenth Report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "1. The present report is the fourteenth quarterly report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016).[1] The reporting period is from 21 March to 4 June 2020.
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  51. In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967. No such steps were taken during the reporting period..."

• March 30, 2020: Thirteenth Report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "Mister President, Members of the Security Council, On behalf of the Secretary-General, I will devote this briefing to presenting the thirteenth report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334, covering the period from 18 December 2019 to 20 March of this year.
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  Mister President, Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) called on Member States 'to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied in 1967.' On 12 February, the UN Human Rights Office issued its report on businesses involved in activities related to settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, as requested by the Human Rights Council in its Resolution 31/36, adopted on 24 March 2016. As noted in paragraph 19 of the report it 'does not purport to constitute a judicial or quasi-judicial process of any kind or legal characterization of the listed activities or business enterprises involvement therein'. Resolution 2334 also called upon 'all parties to continue, inter alia, to exert collective efforts to launch credible negotiations'..."

• December 12, 2019: Twelfth Report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "1. The present report, the twelfth quarterly report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), provides a review and assessment of the implementation of the resolution since my previous report on the subject, which was delivered orally by my Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, on 20 September 2019. The report covers developments from 12 September to 6 December 2019.
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  44. In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.
  
  45. On 12 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a ruling, determining that "foodstuffs originating in the territories occupied by the State of Israel must bear the indication of their territory of origin, accompanied, where those foodstuffs come from an Israeli settlement within that territory, by the indication of that provenance", in order for the indication of origin to be correct and not misleading for the consumer."

• September 20, 2019: Eleventh Report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "Today I will devote my regular briefing on the situation in the Middle East to presenting, on behalf of the Secretary-General, the eleventh report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), which covers the period between 11 June and 11 September 2019.
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  Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) called on Member States "to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied in 1967." I note ongoing separate proceedings in the European Court of Justice and the Federal Court of Canada related to the labelling of products originating in Israel and the territories occupied in 1967."

• July 2, 2019: Letter from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly including the progress report from the Board of the UN Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, A/ES-10/821
  
  "1. The Board of the United Nations Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory provides the present progress report, in accordance with paragraph 6 (h) of General Assembly resolution ES-10/17, covering the period from 23 June 2018 to 21 June 2019...
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  4. By 16 June 2019, 69,554 claim forms for registration of damage and more than 1 million supporting documents had been collected and delivered to the Office of the Register of Damage in Vienna...
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  5. As at 21 June 2019, the Board had decided to include in the Register some or all of the losses set out in 34,203 claim forms and to exclude 1,167 claim forms in which none of the losses met the eligibility criteria, bringing the total number of decided claims to 35,370."
• June 20, 2019: Tenth Report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "Today I will devote my regular briefing on the situation in the Middle East to presenting, on behalf of the Secretary-General, the tenth report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), which covers the period between 25 March and 10 June 2019.
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  Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) called on Member States "to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied in 1967." We are not aware of any such steps taken during the reporting period."

• March 26, 2019: Ninth Report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "1. The present report, the ninth quarterly report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), provides a review and assessment of the implementation of the resolution since my previous report on the subject, which was delivered orally by my Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative on 18 December 2018. The report covers developments from 15 December 2018 to 15 March 2019.
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  48. In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967. There were no known developments related to States doing so during the reporting period."

• December 18, 2018: Eighth Report, on behalf of the Secretary-General, on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "On behalf of the Secretary-General, I will present today the eighth report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 covering the period from 13 September to 14 December. I will focus on developments on the ground in accordance with the provisions of the resolution, including on regional and international efforts to advance peace...
  
  Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) calls upon all States 'to distinguish in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.'
  
  On 28 November the Chilean Parliament approved a resolution, which called on the Government to examine all of its agreements with Israel to ascertain that they apply solely to the territory of the State of Israel, and not to the territories occupied since 1967.
  
  The Republic of Ireland advanced in the upper house of Parliament, the 'Control of Economic Activity (in the Occupied Territories) Bill 2018', which, if passed into law would, prohibit trade with and economic support for settlements."

• September 20, 2018: Seventh Report, on behalf of the Secretary-General, on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "On behalf of the Secretary-General, I will devote this briefing to presenting the seventh report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 covering the period from 13 June to 12 September this year...
  
  Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) called on Member States 'to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied in 1967.' No such steps were taken during the reporting period.
  
  The resolution also called upon 'all parties to continue, inter alia, to exert collective efforts to launch credible negotiations'. No progress was achieved in this respect."

• July 9, 2018: Letter from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly including the progress report from the Board of the UN Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, A/ES-10/801
  
  "1. The Board of the United Nations Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory provides the present progress report, in accordance with paragraph 6 (h) of General Assembly resolution ES-10/17, covering the period from 17 June 2017 to 22 June 2018...
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  4. By 22 June 2018, 67,235 claim forms for registration of damage and more than 1 million supporting documents had been collected and delivered to the Office of the Register of Damage in Vienna...
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  5. As at 22 June 2018, the Board had decided to include in the Register some or all of the losses set out in 30,626 claim forms and to exclude 1,080 claim forms in which none of the losses met the eligibility criteria, bringing the total number of decided claims to 31,706."
• June 18, 2018: Sixth Report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "The present report is the sixth quarterly report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016). It provides a review and an assessment of the implementation of the resolution since my previous report on the subject, which was delivered orally on 26 March 2018, and covers developments until 12 June 2018...
  
  43. On 30 April, the Palestinian National Council convened in Ramallah for the first time in 22 years, re-electing Mr. Abbas as Chair... The final statement of the Palestinian National Council... stressed the need to implement the decision of the Central Council, made at its past two sessions, to stop all forms of security coordination and to be free from the economic dependency ties established by the Paris Protocol on Economic Relations, including the economic boycott of occupation products...
  
  50. In its resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council called upon all States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967. During the reporting period, there were no developments related to States' doing so."

• March 26, 2018: Fifth Report, on behalf of the Secretary-General, on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "On behalf of the Secretary-General, I devote my regular briefing on the situation in the Middle East today to presenting the fifth report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 that covers the period from 18 December last year to 25 March this year... Resolution 2334 calls on Israel to 'immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem' and to fully respect all its legal obligations in this regard. No such steps were taken during the reporting period. I reiterate that the United Nations considers all settlement activities to be a violation of international law and a major obstacle to peace... Resolution 2334 calls upon all States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967. There are two developments to report in this regard. On 23 January, the Danish Parliament passed a resolution with reference to Security Council resolution 2334, and in line with European Union policy, urging that future agreements between Denmark and Israel clearly state their inapplicability to occupied territory and encouraging the Government to strengthen its guidance to private and public investors. Also in January, the European Commission signed a financing agreement with Israel allowing the latter's participation in the Joint Operational Programme 'Mediterranean Sea Basin' under the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument for 2014-2020. In continuation of an existing European Union practice, the agreement includes a territorial clause stating that 'in accordance with EU policy the agreement shall not apply to the geographic areas that came under the administration of the State of Israel after 5 June 1967.'..."

• December 18, 2017: Fourth Report, on behalf of the Secretary-General, on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "On behalf of the Secretary-General, I devote my regular briefing on the situation in the Middle East today to presenting the fourth report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 covering the period from 20 September to 18 December... The resolution reiterates its demand that Israel 'immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem'. No such steps have been taken during the reporting period;... Let me reiterate that the United Nations considers all settlement activities to be illegal under inter-national law and a major obstacle to peace... During the reporting period, there have been no developments related to Member States distinguishing, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied in 1967... Continued settlement construction in the occupied Palestinian territory contravenes resolution 2334... Settlement-related activities undermine the chances for the establishment of a viable, contiguous Palestinian state as part of a two-state solution."

• September 25, 2017: Third Report, on behalf of the Secretary-General, on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "Today I devote my regular briefing to the Council to reporting, on behalf of the Secretary-General, on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) during the period from 20 June to 20 September...During the reporting period, Israel did not 'cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and fully respect all of its legal obligations in this regard,' as called for by the resolution...The United Nations considers all settlement activities to be illegal under international law and an impediment to peace. Resolution 2334 states that the international community will not recognize any changes to the 4 June 1967 lines, including with regard to Jerusalem, other than those agreed to by the parties themselves through negotiations...During the reporting period there have been no developments related to Member States' distinguishing, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories it occupied in 1967."

• July 5, 2017: Letter from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly including the progress report from the Board of the UN Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, A/ES-10/756
  
  "1. The Board of the United Nations Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory provides the present progress report, in accordance with paragraph 6 (h) of General Assembly resolution ES-10/17, covering the period from 25 June 2016 to 16 June 2017....
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  4. By 16 June 2017, 62,578 claim forms for registration of damage and over 1 million supporting documents had been collected and delivered to the Office of the Register of Damage in Vienna...
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  16. The Board of the Register of Damage will continue to provide periodic reports."

• June 20, 2017: Second Report, on Behalf of the Secretary-General, on the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "[T]oday I devote my regular briefing to the Council to reporting on behalf of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Resolution 2334 during the period from the 25th of March to the 19th of June... Mr. President, Resolution 2334 calls on Israel to take, I quote, 'steps to cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.' No such steps have been taken during the reporting period... The United Nations considers all settlement activities to be illegal under international law... Returning to the resolution, Mr. President, during the reporting period, there have been no developments related to Member States' distinguishing in their relevant dealings between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied in 1967."

• March 24, 2017: First Report, on Behalf of the Secretary-General, on the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334
  
  

  "Today I devote my regular briefing to the Council on the Situation in the Middle East to reporting, on behalf of the Secretary-General, on the implementation of resolution 2334.
  
  In this first report, I will focus on developments on the ground in accordance with the provisions of the resolution, including on regional and international efforts to advocate and advance the peace process...
  
  During the reporting period there have been no developments related to Member States' distinguishing, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied in 1967...
  
  Settlement expansion undermines the very essence of the two state solution. Resolution 2334 states that the international community will not recognize any changes to the 4 June 1967 lines, including with regard to Jerusalem, other than those changes that are agreed by the parties through negotiations..."

• March 16, 2017: Report of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan, A/HRC/34/39
  
  "C. Production and Trade of Settlement Goods
  
  34. The production and trade of settlement goods raises concerns about the human rights impacts on Palestinians caused and exacerbated by business enterprises and States... Accordingly, third States are under the obligation not to recognize the unlawful situation resulting from Israeli settlements, nor to aid or assist in Israel's violations.
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  36. Products that are wholly or partially produced in settlements are frequently labelled as coming from Israel, obscuring their actual origin. This allows the exports to be covered under preferential trade agreements with the EU that exclude settlements. Some measures have been taken to address these issues. During the reporting period, the EU issued new labelling guidelines for products coming from the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, or the Golan Heights. Under these guidelines, any products originating from settlements must not be labelled as 'Made in Israel' but must clearly be labelled as produced in settlements.
  
  37. While States have a primary duty to protect human rights, there is an independent corporate responsibility to respect human rights applicable to all business enterprises, irrespective of where they operate. This is recognized in the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which are based on existing responsibilities under international law and have been unanimously endorsed by all the Member States of the Human Rights Council.
  
  38. The role of Israeli and foreign businesses in supporting and maintaining the existence of the settlements has been highlighted previously. In its 2013 report, the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (hereafter "the fact-finding mission), concluded that business enterprises have, 'directly and indirectly, enabled, facilitated and profited from the construction and growth of the settlements'. Furthermore, it found that businesses 'contribute to their maintenance, development and consolidation' with full knowledge of the liability risks. 39. Since the fact-finding mission's report, there has been increasing attention on the activities of business enterprises related to settlements. In 2014, the Working Group on human rights and transnational cooperation and other business enterprises emphasized that businesses connected to Israeli settlements 'need to be able to demonstrate that they neither support the continuation of an international illegality nor are complicit in human rights abuses; that they can effectively prevent or mitigate human rights risks; and are able to account for their efforts in this regard'. The Working Group stated that where companies cannot prevent or mitigate the risks of being involved with human rights violations through their operations and business relationships, they may need to consider termination of operations.
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  64. Third-Party states should provide guidance on implementing the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to business enterprises domiciled in their territory and/or jurisdiction which operate in conflict-affected areas, including in the context of military occupation, such as in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
  
  65. Business enterprises should undertake human rights due diligence in order to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for how they address any adverse human rights impact on Palestinians they may cause or contribute to, or which may be directly linked to their operations, products or services."
• August 23, 2016: Letter from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly including the progress report from the Board of the UN Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, A/ES-10/730
  
  "1. The Board of the United Nations Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (the Register of Damage) provides this progress report, in accordance with paragraph 6 (h) of General Assembly resolution ES-10/17, covering the period from 20 June 2015 to 24 June 2016...
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  4. By 24 June 2016, 55,833 claim forms for registration of damage and over 900,000 of supporting documents had been collected and delivered to the Office of the Register of Damage in Vienna...
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  16. The Board of the Register of Damage will continue to provide periodic reports."

• August 12, 2016: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The situation in the Middle East, containing replies to note verbale by the Secretary-General of 2 May 2016 concerning implementation of the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolutions 70/16, entitled "Jerusalem", and 70/17, entitled "The Syrian Golan", A/71/328
  
  

  Brazil: "The Brazilian legislative decree by which the Free Trade Agreement between Brazil and Israel was approved determined that the Government shall negotiate the 'exclusion, from the Agreement's coverage, of goods whose certificates of origin attest as their origin sites under Israeli administration since 1967', which includes not only the Occupied Palestinian Territories but also the occupied Syrian Golan. This issue is currently on the agenda of the Joint Committee established under the Agreement. The manual for Brazilian exporters to Israel published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil discourages financial transactions, investments, or any other business activities related to Israeli settlements in the Occupied Arab Territories. The document recalls Security Council resolution 242 (1967), which determined the withdrawal of Israel from those territories."

• September 1, 2015: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, containing replies to note verbale by the Secretary-General pursuant to the request contained in paragraph 24 of Resolution 69/23, A/70/354-S/2015/677
  
  

  Palestinian Representative: "It is not coincidental that the Israeli aggression was launched against a backdrop...and rising calls for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel."

• August 31, 2015: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The situation in the Middle East, containing replies to note verbale by the Secretary-General of 1 May 2015 concerning implementation of the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolutions 69/16, entitled "Jerusalem", and 69/17, entitled "The Syrian Golan", A/70/353
  
  

  Brazil: "The Brazilian legislative decree by which the Free Trade Agreement between Brazil and Israel was approved determined that the Government shall negotiate the 'exclusion, from the Agreement's coverage, of goods whose certificates of origin attest as their origin sites under the Israeli administration since 1967', which includes not only the Occupied Palestinian Territories, but also the Syrian Golan. This issue is currently on the agenda of the Joint Committee established under the Agreement."

• August 31, 2015: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan, A/70/351
  
  

  "4. In accordance with paragraph 9 of resolution 69/92, it is noted that the United Nations country team has embarked on a review of existing procurement policies to ensure full respect for and compliance with Human Rights Council resolution 17/4 and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights."

• March 9, 2015: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the Occupied Syrian Golan, A/HRC/28/44
  
  

  "15. With regard to action intended to counter the growth of settlements, the European Union decided to ban dairy and other products of animal origin produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, which reportedly was to come into force in January 2015. In a statement issued on 6 June 2014, the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other international enterprises reiterated that companies engaged in the Occupied Palestinian Territory should assess the human rights impact of their activities, also in the light of the heightened risks of negative human rights impact in a conflict-affected area, and take all necessary measures to ensure that they did not have an adverse impact on human rights, in conformity with international law and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (see also A/HRC/22/63, paras. 96-99 and 117).In 2012, the Secretary-General emphasized that the business and human rights agenda of the United Nations and the said Guiding Principles should be an integral part of global efforts to bridge existing governance gaps and safeguard protection and respect for human rights in the context of economic activities (A/HRC/21/21, para. 92)."

• September 4, 2014: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, containing replies to note verbale by the Secretary-General pursuant to the request contained in paragraph 25 of Resolution 68/15, A/69/371-S/2014/650
  
  

  Palestinian Representative: "It is not a coincidence that this Israeli aggression was launched amid...the growing global calls for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel."

• September 2, 2014: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The situation in the Middle East, containing replies to note verbale by the Secretary-General of 8 May 2014 concerning implementation of the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolutions 68/16, entitled "Jerusalem", and 68/17, entitled "The Syrian Golan", A/69/341
  
  

  Syria: "The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic once again calls on the States Members of the United Nations to refuse to import natural products taken from the occupied territories or produced there, in order to comply with international law and emphasize the need for Israel to respect that law. Information indicates that settlers in the occupied Syrian Golan are exporting wine to the European Union that is labelled 'Made in Israel'."

• August 25, 2014: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan, A/69/348
  
  

  "The Secretary-General notes that the Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have all recently issued warnings to their citizens outlining the legal and financial risks of doing business with Israeli settlements, including in the occupied Syrian Golan."

• October 9, 2013: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan, A/68/513
  
  

  "Israel must also refrain from issuing permits and licences to private companies seeking to exploit and profit from the natural resources of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the occupied Syrian Golan."

• September 9, 2013: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The situation in the Middle East, containing replies to note verbale by the Secretary-General of 7 May 2013 concerning implementation of the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolutions 67/24, entitled "Jerusalem", and 67/25, entitled "The Syrian Golan", A/68/371
  
  

  Syria: "The Syrian Arab Republic again calls upon Member States of the United Nations to refuse to import natural products taken from the occupied territories or produced there, in order to comply with international law and emphasize the need for Israel to respect that law."

• August 30, 2012: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The situation in the Middle East, containing replies to note verbale by the Secretary-General of 17 May 2012 concerning implementation of the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolutions 66/18, entitled "Jerusalem", and 66/19, entitled "The Syrian Golan", A/67/342
  
  

  Syria: "The Syrian Arab Republic calls upon States Members of the United Nations to refuse to import natural products taken from the occupied territories or produced there, in order to comply with international law and emphasize the need for Israel to respect that law."

• September 6, 2011: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The situation in the Middle East, containing replies to note verbale by the Secretary-General of 12 May 2011 concerning implementation of the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolutions 65/17, entitled "Jerusalem", and 65/18, entitled "The Syrian Golan", A/66/338
  
  

  Syria: "The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic condemns the distribution by the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in New York of products from the occupied Syrian Golan, and stresses that such behaviour constitutes a flagrant violation of Security Council resolution 497 (1981) and General Assembly resolution 65/179, entitled 'Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources'. The Syrian Arab Republic calls on Member States of the United Nations to refuse to import such goods in order to comply with international law and emphasize the need for Israel to respect that law."

• September 17, 2010: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The situation in the Middle East, containing replies to note verbale by the Secretary-General of 10 May 2010 concerning implementation of the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolutions 64/20, entitled "Jerusalem", and 64/21, entitled "The Syrian Golan", A/65/379
  
  

  Syria: "The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic condemns the distribution by the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in New York of products from the occupied Syrian Golan, and stresses that such behaviour constitutes a flagrant violation of Security Council resolution 497 (1981) and General Assembly resolution 64/185, entitled 'Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources'."

• June 24, 2010: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, containing replies to note verbale by the Secretary-General pursuant to the request contained in paragraph 24 of Resolution 64/19, A/65/380-S/2010/484
  
  

  Palestinian Representative: "Furthermore, as part of our complete rejection of Israel's illegal colonization campaign in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in line with international law and United Nations resolutions, the Palestinian leadership has initiated this year a boycott of all settlement products.
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  We fully reject the continued distribution and sale in our market of any goods manufactured or grown in the illegal Israeli settlements on confiscated Palestinian land and with our exploited natural resources. We believe that it is imperative that all means of support - whether direct or indirect, political or financial - for the illegal Israeli settlement campaign be ended immediately."

• November 6, 2009: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan, A/64/516
  
  

  "47. It should be noted that the exploitation of natural resources of the West Bank is by no means confined to water. In March 2009, Yesh Din petitioned the Israeli High Court to rule that the extensive mining operations in the West Bank were illegal and should be halted. As one of the bases of their petition, the non-governmental organization used a Government of Israel report that stated that the annual gravel yield in Area C of the West Bank was a total of some 12 million tons a year and that most of the quarries were owned by Israeli companies and mainly marketed the product in Israel (some 74 per cent of the yield)."

• September 10, 2009: Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The situation in the Middle East, containing replies to note verbale by the Secretary-General of 30 April 2009 concerning implementation of the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolutions 63/30, entitled "Jerusalem", and 63/31, entitled "The Syrian Golan", A/64/343
  
  

  Syria: "The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic condemns the distribution of products from the occupied Syrian Golan by the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in New York, and stresses that such behaviour constitutes a flagrant violation of Security Council resolution 497 (1981) and General Assembly resolution 63/201 entitled 'Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources'."

• October 17, 2006 Report of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan pursuant to General Assembly resolution, ES-10/15, A/ES-10/361
  
  "4. The register of damage would be known as the United Nations Register of Damage caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (hereinafter referred to as the "Register of Damage"). The Register of Damage would be a list or record in documentary form. An office would thus have to be set up that would be responsible for establishing and maintaining the Register of Damage. As noted in my letter to the President of the General Assembly, the registration of damage would be a technical, fact-finding process of listing or recording the fact and type of the damage caused as a result of the construction of the wall. It would thus entail a detailed submission process that would include a statement setting out the alleged damage, eligibility for registration and the causality between the construction of the wall and the damage sustained.
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  15. In accordance with the advisory opinion, both natural and legal persons who claim to have sustained any form of material damage as a result of the construction of the wall are eligible for compensation. They are thus eligible to request the inclusion of damage in the Register of Damage.
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  20. In keeping with the request of the General Assembly in resolution ES-10/15, the present report sets out the framework for the establishment of the Register of Damage. In reviewing it, the General Assembly may wish to consider adopting a resolution requesting me to establish the Register of Damage along the lines set forth in the present report."

Statements

• June 17, 2005: Statement by Mr. Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the 5206th meeting of the Security Council, S/PV.5206
  
  "As with continued settlement activity, Israel's ongoing construction of the barrier remains a source of deep concern...I should mention in that connection that the Secretary-General is now in the process of administrative and budgetary preparations to establish the register of damage, as he outlined in his letter of [11] January to the President of the General Assembly. We hope to report further on the establishment of that registry in the coming weeks."

• January 13, 2005: Statement by Mr. Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the 5111th meeting of the Security Council, S/PV.5111
  
  "As the Council is aware, the General Assembly, in its resolution ES-10/15, requested that the Secretary- General establish a register of damage in connection with the barrier. The Secretary-General, on Tuesday, 11 January 2005, sent a letter to the President of the General Assembly setting out a framework for the register. It will consist of an independent board, legal and technical experts and a small secretariat - a registry. The board will have overall responsibility for the register and will establish rules and regulations governing the work of the registry. We have aimed to develop a structure that will focus on the technical task of gathering claims of damage relating to the construction of the barrier. Details of the staffing, size and cost of the office remain to be worked out, and on those issues the Secretary-General will revert to the Assembly in due course."

• January 11, 2005: Letter by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the President of the General Assembly, A/ES-10/294
  
  "You will recall that in its resolution ES-10/15, adopted at the tenth emergency special session, the General Assembly acknowledged the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 9 July 2004 on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1), including in and around East Jerusalem, and requested that I "establish a register of damage caused to all natural or legal persons concerned in connection with paragraphs 152 and 153 of the advisory opinion".
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  2. The Registry will consist of: (a) a Board, whose members are appointed by the Secretary-General in their personal capacity, and who shall be independent; (b) legal and technical experts in land and agriculture and in such other fields as may be necessary, appointed by the Board; and (c) a small secretariat consisting of administrative and technical support staff.
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  6. The Registry will be a subsidiary organ of the United Nations operating under the authority of the Secretary-General.
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  I will keep the General Assembly appraised of developments relating to the establishment of the Registry."

• August 11, 2004: Statement by Mr. Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the 5019th meeting of the Security Council, S/PV.5019
  
  "On 20 July, the General Assembly adopted a resolution (resolution ES-10/15) that acknowledged the advisory opinion rendered by the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Israel's barrier... In addition, the resolution asked the Secretary-General to establish a register of damage...The Secretariat is currently studying how best to carry out the task entrusted to it by the General Assembly."