Supplementary memorandum submitted by
Christian Aid
In further response to Question 83, as documented
in UN General Assembly Press Release, GA/10179, the EU, including
Britain introduced a text which expressed concern that the route
of the wall being built by Israel in the occupied Palestinian
territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, could prejudice
future negotiations and make the two-State solution physically
impossible to implement and would cause further humanitarian hardship
to the Palestinians. It did not specifically condemn the wall
as illegal but only referred to "illegal Israeli activities"
in the occupied territories. However, General Assembly votes are
not binding in the way that Security Council Resolutions can be,
therefore, it would have been of more significance if Britain
had not abstained in the UNSCR vote on October 14 declared the
wall illegal.
November 2003
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