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As already stated in the motion for a resolution, the Jordan River basin, especially its lower reaches, constitutes a cultural landscape of universal significance and of great historical, symbolic, religious, environmental, agricultural and economic importance both in the Middle East and further afield. The river’s current state of ecological degradation and the resulting levels of pollution give serious cause for concern.
The desirable and needed restoration of the Jordan River – an environmental, social and cultural imperative – is, of course, inseparable from the region’s geopolitical context. It must be recognised that the Palestinian population of the West Bank is already facing a serious water shortage due to a large part of this being used by Israel and the Jewish settlements in the West Bank, and also to the continued occupation by Israel of part of the Golan Heights, where many important springs are located. An equitable division of the water resources, respecting equally the needs of all the region’s peoples, is of prime importance to establishing lasting peace and stability in the Middle East and this, in turn, is inseparable from the required rehabilitation of the lower reaches of the Jordan."@en1
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