United Nations Security Council Resolution 497
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 (December 17, 1981) calls on the State of Israel to rescind its annexation of the Golan Heights. The most important provision is "the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and without international legal effect" (section 1). However, not being based on Chapter VII of the U.N charter, it is generally regarded as not binding despite the fact that many Arab states have used this resolution as a tool to condemn the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
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