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- ↑ Respect for and implementation of human rights in occupied territories Archived 2021-04-21 at the Wayback Machine , General Assembly resolution 2443 (XXIII) of 19 December 1968.
- 1 2 Silverburg, 2002, p. 287.
- 1 2 Heaney, Christopher. "Annual Mission Statement of the UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People".
- ↑ "UN General Assembly Resolution 2727 (December 1970)". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
- ↑ "UN General Assembly Resolution 2851 (December 1971)". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
- ↑ Allen, Lori (2021). A History of False Hope: Investigative Commissions on Palestine. Stanford University Press. pp. 144–175. ISBN 9781503614192.
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