United Nations Security Council Resolution 471, adopted on 5 June 1980 under

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was on the issue of the Israeli occupation and settlement activity in the

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, the

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and the

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.
A Guide to Documents on the Arab-Palestinian/Israeli Conflict: 1897-2008
'. Netherlands, Brill, 2009. 207. It criticized the

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i occupation of these territories. In addition, it expressed concern that Israel had failed to protect the civilians in the occupied territories and asked Israel to make compensation for damages suffered by civilians due to this lack of protection. Finally, it called upon Israel to comply with all relevant UN Security Council Resolutions and provisions of the

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. Resolution 471 was adopted by 14 votes to none, with 1 abstention from the United States.

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

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{{UNSCR 1980 0471 0471 United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning the Israeli–Palestinian conflict June 1980

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