text: unlawful confinernent of a protected pereon, cdrPelling a Protected person to eerve in the forc€s of a hostile PoHer, or witfully depriving a protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial Prescrlbed in the Present Convention, taking of ho6tage6 and extengive destruction and appropriation of property' not. justified .by tnilitary necessity and carried out unlasfully and uan ton Iy . rv40/702 English Page 117 ANNE]K II Statement subrnitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republlc to the special conmittee on 15 May 1985 o"" Israell practices and violations in the occupied territory of the syrian Arab-Golan Erom the very beginning of the Israeli. occupation of thE territory of the Syrlan Arab Golan in June 1967, the Israeli occupatlon authorities have engaged inall typeg of persecution, terrorlsm and social, econonic, political and cul-turaldiscrinination againBt the Local population, thereby vlolating the rules oflnternational larr, the charter and relevant resolutions of the united Nations andthe provisions of the Eague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 and the fourth Geneva Conventlon of 1949. The Poricy of judaization, ann€xation anal the construction of settrenent, since 1967, the Israeli occupatl.on authorlties have been taking measures a itnedat changing the legal status, geographic nature and denographic composition of theterritory under occupation. These neasures includer 1. The d€struction and complete obl-iteration of all abandoned AraDvillages. In fact, it is nore inpossible to deternine the location of thosevillage6 even on a rnap. 2. The u6e of stone frorn the abandoned villages for the construclion ofzionist settldments. 3. The establisbnent of settLenents throughout the territory. The nunber of established and projected settLenenta in the colan now exceeds a total figure of 40.
analysis: The text appears to be a statement submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, condemning the practices and violations of human rights by Israel in the occupied territory of the Syrian Arab Golan. The text highlights various violations, including the destruction of abandoned Arab villages, the use of stone from those villages for the construction of Zionist settlements, and the establishment of settlements throughout the territory. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, or any specific industries, but rather focuses on human rights and international law.