THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN REALIZING THE RIGHT OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND DEVELOPMENT

This research aims to study (1) the historical situation of the Palestinian right to self-determination to find out the reasons for its emergence and the obstacles that prevent it from being achieved, (2) the development situation in Palestine under the Israeli occupation, (3) the role of the United Nations in this regard. This study uses normative and empirical legal research types with the statutory, case, conceptual, and comparative approaches. The technique of the data collection was done by the literature study and the field research through interviews and questionnaires. The data were analyzed using qualitative analysis. The study concluded that (1) the United Nations resolved the Question of the Jews by achieving their self-determination by granting them the land of the Palestinians and accepting their state’s membership in the United Nations. Therefore, the United Nations created the Question of the Palestinians and contributed to preventing their right to self�determination by granting their lands to foreigners, as well as its refusal to accept full membership of the modern Palestinian state in the United Nations. It also left the Palestinian Question without providing any effective solution to it, due to the inability of the Security Council to take any action against Israel due to the full Western support for Israel. (2) The presence of the Israeli occupation is considered the main obstacle to development in Palestine; The role of the United Nations has been ineffective so far in ending this occupation, as the realization of the right to development is linked to the realization of the right to self-determination. (3)The Palestinian leadership must resort to the United Nations General Assembly in accordance with Resolution No. 377A, as this resolution grants the General Assembly, in the event that the Security Council is unable to take its decisions due to conflicts of interest of the permanent members, the right to address any situation that threatens international peace and security, as the provisions of this resolution are consistent with the status of the Palestinian Question.