Assembly/AU/Decl.2(XXIX) Page 3 5. REJECT the land and sea blockade imposed by Israel on Gaza Strip, causing the deterioration of the economic and humanitarian situation there and REQUEST that all restrictions imposed on Gaza Strip be lifted immediately; 6. REITERATE the need for the UN Security Council to shoulder its responsibility in maintaining international peace and security and taking all necessary steps for the settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict in all aspects and reaching a just and comprehensive peace in the region based on the principle of the two-state solution within the 1967 borders and the implementation of the provisions of the relevant international law and previous resolutions of the Council; 7. REQUEST AU Member States to boycott goods and commodities produced in, and exported from the colonial settlements built in occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem; 8. COMMEND AND SUPPORT OUTCOMES of the international peace conference with the participation of the United Nations held in France on 15/1/2017 with the aim of launching serious negotiations for the settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the two-state solution, which guarantees the right of the Palestinian people to establish their independent sovereign state in the territories occupied in 1967 in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions; 9. REITERATE, in light of Israel’s persistent lack of prompt and positive response to the regional and international initiatives for the resumption peace negotiations to end its occupation and settlement policy as well as establish a just and lasting peace, our strong adherence to the Common African Position in support of the peace process and the establishment of an independent Palestinian State in line with the Decisions and Declarations of the successive of African Summits; 10. SUPPORT the Palestinian for their vision on the final resolution of the conflict based on the principle of the two-state solution whilst rejecting any fragmented and half-baked solution of a temporary state and recognition of Israel as a Jewish state; 11. WELCOME UNESCO’s resolution of 26 October 2016 on the preservation of the current status of the Old City of Jerusalem and CALL UPON all stakeholders to adhere to the full implementation of this resolution; 12. REITERATE that a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East requires Israel’s full withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories to the 1967 borders, including the Syrian Golan heights and territories still under occupation in Southern Lebanon.