UN Security Council Resolution 497

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UN Security Council Resolution 497 is a 1981 United Nations Security Council measure that unanimously declared Israel’s imposition of its laws and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan Heights null and void and without international legal effect.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UN document
United Nations Security Council resolution
abstentions 0
adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
adoptionDate 1981-12-17
affects legal status of the Golan Heights in the international system
affirms continued applicability of international humanitarian law in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights
bodyOfLaw international law
callsForAction Israel to rescind its decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights
callsUpon Israel
concernsState Israel
Syria
concernsTerritory Golan Heights
decisionType unanimous decision
declares Israeli measures in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights have no legal effect internationally
Israel’s decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and without international legal effect
documentSymbol UN Security Council Resolution 497 self-linksurface differs
surface form: S/RES/497(1981)
followsEvent Golan Heights Law
surface form: Israel’s 14 December 1981 Golan Heights Law
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalStatusAsserted Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights is invalid under international law
meetingNumber 2319
placeOfAdoption New York City
predecessor UN Security Council Resolution 476
UN Security Council Resolution 478
reaffirms applicability of the Geneva Conventions to the occupied Syrian Golan Heights
principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force
recognizesAs Golan Heights as occupied Syrian territory
relatedToConflict Arab–Israeli conflict
Syrian–Israeli military engagements
surface form: Israeli–Syrian conflict
resolutionNumber 497
status in force
subject Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights
legality of annexation
topic annexation
occupation
territorial integrity of states
underChapter Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter
UNOrganType Security Council resolution on the Middle East
voteAgainst 0
voteFor 15
voteResult 15-0-0
yearOfAdoption 1981

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Golan Heights UNResolutionCondemningAnnexation UN Security Council Resolution 497
Golan Heights Law UNSecurityCouncilResolutionCondemning UN Security Council Resolution 497
this entity surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 497
UN Security Council Resolution 497 documentSymbol UN Security Council Resolution 497 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: S/RES/497(1981)