text: These policies and practices denonstrate yet again that lsraef attaches littfe importance to the obliga-l]":: :.""To"ra -"p." -f i, as occupying po.,rer, under the Geneva convention relative to the protection or civilian persons in Time of war, particularry to articles 24' 28 a.,,d 50 lrhich fto.'io. for the legal protection of children' They are also in vior.ation or ai. Eorr.,r""tion on the Rights of the child of 20 Novernber 1989, which states that. chifirencare. Llldc cnaldren shalf enjoy special protection and 90-15294 r658e (E)UNITED NATIONSAS GeneralAssembly Security Council Distr. GENERAL A/44/955 S/21362 19June1990 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: FRENCH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Forty-fourth session Agenda item39 QUESTION OFPALESTINESECURITY COUNCIL Forty-fifth year Letter dated15June1990fromtheChairman oftheCommitteeontheExercise oftheInalienable Rights ofthePalestinianPeople addressed totheSecretary-General Inmycapacity asChairman oftheCommittee ontheExercise oftheInalienableRights ofthePalestinian People, Iwishtoexpress outrage attheincursion bythe Israeli armyintotheRimalHealth Centre inGazaCityanditsuseoftear-gas,whichseriously affected alarge number ofinfants and women~ According totheUnited Nations Relief andWorksAgency forPalestine RefugeesintheNearEast(pressrelease HQ/8/90, dated13June1990), on12June.anIsraeli armyofficer, whowaspursuing stone-throwers, fired twotear-gascannisters intotheRimalHealth Centre. Asaresult, some160infants wereovercome bytear-gas fumes andhadtobegivenemergency treatment~ Reutersreported, on13June,thattheIsraeli armyhadsentenced theofficer inquestionto10daysinprison. Onbehalf oftheCommittee, Iwishtoprotest inthestrongest termsthetendency onthepartoftheIsraeli armytoturnonchildren ofeveryounger agesinitsefforts tosuppress theintifadah through random brutality andintimidationofthecivilian population~ Onlyaweekago,on5June,Agence France Pressereported thattwochildren, aged7and14respectively, wereshotandkilled inNablus. Sincethebeginning oftheintifadah, atleast209children under16havebeenkilled andhundreds ofothers wounded. Thesepolicies andpractices demonstrate yetagainthatIsrael attaches littleimportance totheobligations incumbent uponit,asoccupying Power, undertheGeneva Convention relative totheProtection ofCivilian Persons inTimeofWar,particularly toarticles 24,28and50whichprovide forthelegalprotection ofchildren. Theyarealsoinviolation oftheConvention ontheRightsoftheChildof20November 1989,whichstatesthatchildren shallenjoyspecial protection andcare. 90-15294 1658e(E) /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library^/ 44/ 955 s/ 27362 English Page 2 Deeply alarned at the extreme gravity of the situation ia the occupied Palestinian territory, which is exacerbated by the intransigence of the Israeli Government. the Conmittee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rigbts of the Palestinian People caLls once again for the urgene atloPtion of effective measules by the Security Council to provide internationaf protection to Palestinian civilians, as requested by the General Assembly in resolutions 43/233 aad. 44/2 of 20 April and 6 October 1989 respectj.vely. The CoNnittee also appeals to you, al1d to the organizations of the United Nations system, to do everything possibfe to
analysis: The text appears to be a diplomatic document addressing the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, specifically criticizing the Israeli army's actions and policies towards Palestinian civilians, including children. The document highlights the violation of international law and human rights conventions, such as the Geneva Convention and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that it is a official communication from a UN committee or agency.