United Nations Security Council resolution 497, adopted unanimously on 17 December 1981, declared that the Israeli
Golan Heights Law
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, which effectively annexed the
Golan Heights
The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon mountains with Mount Hermon in t ...
, is "null and void and without international legal effect" and further calls on
Israel
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to rescind its action.
The council requested the
secretary-general
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to report to the council within two weeks on the implementation of the resolution, and in the event of non-compliance by Israel, the council would reconvene, not later than 5 January 1982, to discuss further action under the United Nations Charter.
Israel did not comply with the resolution. After lengthy discussions on 20 January 1982, the USA vetoed a
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resolution that called for action by the international community against Israel. Then on 5 February 1982, an emergency special session of the
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adopted by 86 votes to 21 a resolution calling for a boycott of Israel (the US and many other Western states voted against).
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Arab–Israeli conflict
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Golan Heights
The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon mountains with Mount Hermon in t ...
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Israel–Syria relations
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(1976–1982)
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History of the Golan Heights
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1981 in Syria
December 1981