In its 41st session being held in Poland the UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has passed a resolution condemning Israel for its policies and violations in the Old City of Jerusalem.
10 member states on Tuesday voted in favor of the resolution three voted against it and three states abstained.
The resolution refers to Israel as an occupying power and clearly denies its claims to the Old City and eastern Jerusalem.
The Jordanian-sponsored resolution confirms that Israel has no sovereignty over eastern Jerusalem and its Old City and calls upon it to necessarily remove its Judaization projects and redress the changes it has created in and around the Old City.
The resolution demands Israel to unconditionally allow and facilitate the Jordanian construction and rehabilitation projects at the Aqsa Mosque its vicinity and the Old City of Jerusalem.
It expressed the UNESCO’s dismay and regret over the unwillingness of the Israeli occupation authority to halt its persistent excavations tunneling Judaization projects and other illegal practices in east Jerusalem particularly in and around the Old City of Jerusalem which are illegal under international law.
The opening ceremony of the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee kicked off on July 2 at the Royal Palace of Wawel in Krakow Poland in the presence of nearly 1000 people among them the President of Poland Andrzej Duda. The Committee will be in session until July 12.
