Jeddah (UNA) – The XNUMXth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which convened on Friday at the General Secretariat headquarters in Jeddah to discuss the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and the plans for annexation and forced displacement from their land, issued the following resolution:
The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), convening in its 7th Extraordinary Session to discuss the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and attempts to forcibly displace them from their land, at the request of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Palestine, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, at the OIC General Secretariat headquarters in Jeddah, on Friday, March 2025, XNUMX;
Reinforcing the foundational principles and strategic objectives outlined in the OIC Charter,
Affirming the resolutions adopted by the OIC pertaining to the Palestinian Cause and the Holy City of Al-Quds Ash-Sharif, most recently by the Extraordinary Joint Arab-Islamic Summit on the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people held in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on November 11, 2024,
Guided by the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and relevant resolutions, specifically resolutions 2735 (2024), 2728 (2024), and 2334 (2016), as well as General Assembly’s resolution ES 10/24 adopted on September 18, 2024, on the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice confirming the illegality of the Israeli occupation and colonial settlements within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, emphasizing the urgent necessity to terminate such practices,
Reaffirming the centrality of the Palestinian Cause for the Ummah, and the unwavering support for the Palestinian people in their pursuit of legitimate rights, including their rights to self-determination, independence, freedom and sovereignty over their territory, the establishment of the State of Palestine based on the borders of June 1967, 194, with Al-Quds Ash-Sharif as its capital, and the right of all Palestinian refugees to return and receive compensation in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and its relevant resolutions, particularly Resolution XNUMX,
1. Reaffirms its commitment to a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East as a strategic choice based on the full withdrawal of Israel, the occupying power, from all Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif, and enabling the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate rights, including their right to self-determination, independence and freedom, the sovereignty of the State of Palestine on the borders of 1967 June 2002, with East Al-Quds as its capital, as well as the right of Palestinian refugees to return and compensation based on the relevant United Nations resolutions and the Arab peace initiative in all its elements and natural sequence as set forth in successive Arab and Islamic summits since XNUMX.
2. Reaffirms the imperative for Israel, the illegal occupying power, to adhere to the provisions of a permanent and sustainable ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, declared on January 15, 2025, under the joint mediation of the State of Qatar, the Arab Republic of Egypt and the United States of America, in order to achieve a permanent and comprehensive cessation of Israeli hostilities, facilitate the return of displaced persons to their homes, withdraw the Israeli occupying forces, open all crossings, and ensure adequate humanitarian access to all parts of the Gaza Strip; and holds Israel, the occupying power, fully responsible for the failure of efforts as a result of its failure to fulfill its obligations.
3. Reaffirms and unequivocally confronts the plans aimed at displacing the Palestinian people individually or collectively, inside or outside their land, or forced displacement, exile or deportation in any form, under any circumstance or justification, as ethnic cleansing, a grave violation of international law and a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and an unacceptable encroachment on the sovereignty and stability of states and a threat to their security and territorial integrity; Condemns the policies of starvation and scorched earth aimed at forcing the Palestinian people to leave their land, and rejects any Israeli attempts to change the demographic composition of the Palestinian Territory.
4. Demands To stop all policies and measures of illegal annexation and settlement, home demolitions, land confiscation, destruction of infrastructure, Israeli military incursions into Palestinian camps and cities, and attempts to impose alleged Israeli sovereignty over any parts of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which threatens to explode the entire situation in an unprecedented manner, and increases the regional situation’s volatility and complexity; and is considered a flagrant violation of the principles of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions.
5. Reaffirms its commitment to the vision articulated by H.E. President Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, highlighting the importance of achieving Palestinian national unity grounded in adherence to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, fully aligned with its political framework, international commitments, and the principle of a singular governance system characterized by one law and one legitimate armed force; and underscores that the democratic process and reliance on electoral mechanisms are essential for honoring the will of the Palestinian people in choosing who represents them through general, presidential and legislative elections to be held in all the Palestinian territory, Gaza and the West Bank, including East al-Quds.
6. Welcomes and supports the decision of the Government of the State of Palestine to form an administrative committee under its umbrella that includes national competencies from the Gaza Strip for a transitional period while continuing to work to enable it to assume all its responsibilities, enhance its ability to fully fulfill its duties in maintaining security in the Gaza Strip, and implement its plan for relief, recovery, reconstruction and development in the Gaza Strip. This is to be carried out within the framework of the geographical and political unity of all Palestinian territory occupied in 1967, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Al-Quds, while ensuring the permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people over their land and reinforcing their steadfastness.
7. Holds Israel, the occupying Power, bears legal responsibility for the serious damages resulting from the war crimes and genocide it has committed against the Palestinian people and the widespread destruction, loss of life, human suffering, material damage, economic losses, and destruction of property, homes, and civilian and social infrastructure in the occupied Palestinian territory, particularly in the Gaza Strip; and to remove its effects, redress the damage and pay compensation for its damages.
8. Adopts the plan submitted by the Arab Republic of Egypt - in full coordination with the State of Palestine and the Arab countries and based on the studies conducted by the World Bank and the United Nations Development Fund - which was adopted during the extraordinary Arab Summit (Palestine Summit) on early recovery and reconstruction of Gaza, and works to provide all types of financial, material and political support for its implementation, as well as urging the international community and international and regional financing institutions to quickly provide the necessary support for the plan, and stressing that all these efforts are proceeding in parallel with the launch of a political path and a horizon for a permanent and just solution with the aim of achieving the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people to establish their state and live in peace and security.
9. Welcomes to hold an international conference in Cairo, as soon as possible, for recovery and reconstruction in the Gaza Strip, in cooperation with the State of Palestine and the United Nations, and to urge the international community to participate in it to accelerate the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after the destruction caused by the Israeli aggression, and to work on establishing a trust fund that will receive financial pledges from all donor countries and financing institutions, for the purpose of implementing recovery and reconstruction projects.
10. Calls for the establishment, in cooperation with the United Nations, of an international fund to support the orphans of the Gaza Strip – victims of the brutal Israeli aggression – who number approximately 40 children. It also calls for providing assistance and artificial limbs to thousands of injured individuals, particularly children who have lost their limbs, and encourages countries and organisations to launch relevant initiatives, similar to the Jordanian ‘Restoring Hope’ initiative to support amputees in the Gaza Strip.
11. Calls for the enhancement of the resilience of the Palestinian people and their steadfastness on their land by providing more humanitarian support and all possible facilities for the economic, industrial, commercial, educational and health sectors in Palestine. It further calls for supporting the budget of the Government of the State of Palestine and activating the Islamic financial safety net in accordance with mechanisms to be agreed upon, and calls on the international community to compel the Israeli occupation to immediately and fully release the withheld Palestinian tax revenue funds.
12. Calls upon the UN Security Council to fulfill its mandate in upholding international peace and security, and to implement its relevant resolutions, specifically resolutions 2735 (2024), 2728 (2024), and 2334 (2016), as well as General Assembly’s resolution ES 10/24 dated September 18, 2024. It also calls on all states to consider further actions, including the imposition of punitive sanctions against Israel, the illegal occupying power, to pressure an immediate end to its occupation and the unlawful settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and to reaffirm support for the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination; endorses the tangible and appreciated efforts made by the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, within the framework of its non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council, in supporting Islamic causes in general and the Palestinian cause in particular.
13. Condemns All the criminal acts and extremist and racist statements of ministers in the Israeli occupation government and its crimes in the cities, villages and camps of the West Bank, and warns of the danger of the escalation of organized terrorism practiced by extremist settlers against the Palestinian people, their land, their holy sites and their properties, with the support and armament of the Israeli occupation government and the protection of its forces, and calls for taking legal measures to hold them accountable, and taking the necessary measures to confront the policy of annexation and colonial settlement and attempts to impose alleged Israeli sovereignty over Palestinian land.
14. Reaffirms the importance of supporting the Legal Monitoring Unit and the Media Unit at the OIC General Secretariat, in implementation of the resolutions emanating from the Extraordinary Joint Arab and Islamic Summit, and assigns the Secretary General to submit a report on their activities aimed at documenting and exposing Israeli crimes and violations, as well as contributing to the preparation of legal arguments on all violations of international law and international humanitarian law committed by Israel, the occupying power, against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Al-Quds.
15. Reaffirms the importance of accountability and legal prosecution of all those responsible for the grave violations and crimes committed against the Palestinian people through international and national justice mechanisms; urges all States to commit to implementing the two advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice; calls on the International Criminal Court to complete investigations into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by officials of the Israeli colonial occupation government against the defenseless Palestinian people and quickly bring the criminals to international justice; and calls on all States to impose sanctions on Israel, the occupying power, to deter it and compel it to comply with international law.
16. Emphasizes that commission of the genocide in Gaza and continuation of the indiscriminate military attacks targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure are closely linked to provision of military support, weapons, ammunition and related equipment to Israel, calls on all countries that supply these weapons and ammunition to Israel to reconsider this policy and ban export or transfer of weapons and ammunition to Israel and decides to follow up on the joint letter initiative by the Republic of Türkiye and the core group made up of 18 countries in the United Nations that was signed by 52 countries, Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the League of Arab States, to halt provision of arms to Israel
17. Reaffirms univocal rejection and opposition to all Israeli measures, including racist and illegal laws targeting the existence of UNRWA and attempts to reduce or eliminate its irreplaceable role in its five areas of operation, especially in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, which represents a top priority from a political and humanitarian perspective and constitutes an element of stability in the region, and all attempts aimed at liquidating the refugee issue and their right to return and compensation, and calls on all countries to provide further political, legal and financial support to UNRWA.
18. Calls for support for the right of the State of Palestine to obtain full membership in the United Nations and its agencies, and appreciates the positions of the countries that have recognized the State of Palestine, and calls on all countries that have not recognized the State of Palestine to take the initiative to do so, guided by the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and in implementation of its resolutions that affirm the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.
19. Assigns The Islamic Group in New York continues its efforts to mobilize international support to freeze Israel’s participation in the United Nations General Assembly and its affiliated entities, in preparation for submitting a joint draft resolution to the General Assembly – the tenth special session (Uniting for Peace), on the basis of its violations of the United Nations Charter, its threat to international peace and security, and its failure to fulfill its membership obligations in the United Nations, and based on the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice on July 19, 2024.
20. Condemns Concerning the crime of enforced disappearance, abuse, suppression, torture and degrading treatment to which thousands of Palestinian prisoners are subjected in Israeli occupation prisons, it calls for action at all levels to uncover the fate of the kidnapped, work to release them immediately, and ensure that they are protected. It also demands an independent and transparent investigation into all these crimes against Palestinian prisoners.
21. Strongly condemns All Israeli occupation policies aimed at Judaizing the occupied city of Jerusalem and changing its Arab identity, and calls for allowing worshipers to access the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and practice their religious rituals freely and safely, and to preserve the legal and historical status of the Islamic and Christian holy sites, especially the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif, with its entire area of 144 thousand square meters, as a place of worship exclusively for Muslims; and calls on all countries, institutions and international organizations to abide by the resolutions of international legitimacy regarding the occupied city of Jerusalem as an integral part of the Palestinian territory occupied in 1967 and the capital of the State of Palestine. And stressing the need to respect the role of the Jordanian Jerusalem Endowments and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Administration as the exclusive authority to manage all the affairs of Al-Aqsa Mosque within the framework of the historical Hashemite guardianship of the holy sites, and also stressing the role of the Jerusalem Committee and the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Agency.
22. Condemns the serious Israeli practices and violations against religious sites, especially the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron, and calls on the international community and international organizations, especially the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which recognized in 2017 that the Ibrahimi Mosque is a World Heritage Site in Danger, to intervene to stop these violations and provocative practices immediately.
23. Emphasizes on the necessity of providing international protection for the Palestinian people in accordance with international standards and in implementation of United Nations resolutions, and in line with the resolutions of Islamic summits, and calls for the deployment of international protection and peacekeeping forces, provided that this is in the context of the actual implementation of a comprehensive vision with a timetable for building the capacities of the institutions of the State of Palestine and embodying its sovereignty over the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967.
24. Recall United Nations General Assembly Resolution No. ES-10/24 of 18 September 2024, calling for the convening of a Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War to implement the Convention within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to ensure respect for it in accordance with Common Article 7 of the Fourth Geneva Convention within six months, expressing its regret that the Conference, which had been announced for 2025 March XNUMX in Geneva, could not be held and could not carry out its mandate, and calling for the strengthening of international efforts to support international humanitarian law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
25. Welcomes the efforts of the international coalition to implement the two-state solution, headed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as head of the Joint Arab-Islamic Committee on Gaza, the European Union, and Norway; and active participation in the international conference to resolve the Palestinian issue and implement the two-state solution, headed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and France, scheduled to be held at the United Nations headquarters in New York in June 2025.
26. Acknowledges the efforts of the Joint Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee, headed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and calls on it to continue its work and intensify its efforts to convey the Islamic and Arab positions to all countries of the world and international organizations in order to explain the Arab plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, while adhering to the right of the Palestinian people to remain on their land and their right to self-determination; and to discuss the measures that can be taken to confront attempts aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause, as well as working to mobilize international pressure to impose Israel's withdrawal from all occupied Arab territories.
27. Reaffirms on the necessity of implementing the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon in all its provisions and adhering to Security Council Resolution 1701, without any truncations, and condemning Israeli violations of them, obligating Israel to implement its part of this resolution, rejecting any Israeli attempt to impose a new reality by remaining at Lebanese border points or establishing a new border strip, demanding Israel to withdraw completely from Lebanon to the internationally recognized borders in accordance with the provisions of the Armistice Agreement between Lebanon and Israel in 1949, and to hand over the prisoners detained during the recent war, and emphasizing support for the Lebanese Republic in its diplomatic efforts aimed at liberating its entire land and preserving its sovereignty and supporting Lebanon’s security and stability, and condemning any Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty.
28. Condemns the Israeli attacks on the Syrian Arab Republic and the incursion into its territory, which constitute a flagrant violation of international law and an aggression against Syria’s sovereignty and a dangerous escalation that increases tension and conflict, and calls on the international community and the Security Council to take immediate action to implement international law and oblige Israel to stop its aggression and withdraw from the Syrian territories it occupied in clear violation of the 1974 Armistice Agreement, and reaffirms that the Golan Heights is occupied Syrian territory, and rejects Israel’s decision to annex it and impose its sovereignty over it.
29. Assigns the Secretary-General the responsibility of monitoring the execution of the provisions outlined in this resolution and to submit a detailed report on these efforts to the forthcoming CFM.
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