UN General Assembly Resolution on Sabra and Shatila
Massacre
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 95 (I) of 11 December, 1946,
Recalling also its resolution 96 (I) of 11 December, 1946, in which it, inter
alia, affirmed that genocide is a crime under international law which the
civilized world condemns, and for the commission of which principals and
accomplices - whether private individuals, public officials or statesmen, and
whether the crime is committed on religious, racial, political or any other
grounds - are punishable,
Referring to the provisions of the Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the General Assembly on 9
December, 1948,6/
Recalling the relevant provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to
the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August, 1949,2/
Appalled at the large-scale massacre of Palestinian civilians in the
Sabra and Shatila refugee camps situated at Beirut,
Recognizing the universal outrage and condemnation of that massacre,
Recalling its resolution ES-7/9 of 24 September, 1982,
1. Condemns in the strongest terms the large-scale massacre of
Palestinian civilians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps;
2. Resolves that the massacre was an act of genocide.