the plan for a "National Referendum in the Territory of Palestine"

the plan for a "National Referendum in the Territory of Palestine"

Letter dated 1 November 2019 from the Permanent Representative of the lslamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

The objective of the plan for a "National Referendum in the Territory of Palestine" is to provide the grounds for the people of Palestine to exercise their right to self-determination.

Implementation phases of the Plan

The implementation of this Plan includes four main phases:

1. Enforcing the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their historical homeland.
2. Holding a national referendum among the people of Palestine, including the followers of ali religions, who inhabited Palestine before the issuance of the Balfour Declaration, for the self-determination and determination of the political system.
3. Establishing the political system determined by the majority of the people of Palestine.
4. Deciding on the status of the non-indigenous residents of Palestine by the political system elected by the majority.

Implementation mechanisms

1. Ali people of Palestine, including Muslims, Christians and Jews, will have the right to participate in the referendum.
2. Representatives of the people of Palestine from among the Muslim, Christian and Jewish will assume the primary and managerial role in ali planning and implementation phases of the plan.
3. With a view to facilitate the participation of ali Palestinians, particularly the Palestinian refugees in this referendum, the global project for comprehensive identification, census and identity registration of ali Palestinian citizens in Palestine and other countries will be implemented. An international authority with the participation of the representatives of the people of Palestine will be mandated to implement this project.
4. An international committee will be formed under the auspices and with the assistance of the United Nations and participation of the representa ti ves of the people of Pales ti ne to implement the above-mentioned plan and to focus on the main issues of Palestine, in ter ali a, historical, sovereignty and territorial issues related to Palestine and the AI-Quds Al-Sharif.
5. For furtherance of and to support the implementation of this Plan, an international fund, with the contribution of the international community and under the authority of the above-mentioned committee, will be established.