contained- in Article 2 (4) of the United Nations Charter and has.. repeatedly been reaffirmed, even recently, by the General Assembly. Whether or not. the) previous Power had legitimate sovereignty over the-. territory is a factor which,. in Nr opinion, is irrelevant. Israel has -ratified the Fourth Geneva Convention.of: 1949 and’is ‘therefore under obligation to comply with it. Article 1 of the Convention is unequivocal in this sense. ,. The aim of the Fourth Geneva Convention is to provide the maximum,humanitarian protection to the people who fall under its provisions; therefore. it i_s the duty Of ,a11 States parties to it to act fully and without, mental reservation-s to help, ensure the humanitarian goals of the Convention “in all, circumstances’. This may not be Israel’s opinion,- but it is none the less the opinion of the, entire international community .as expressed in the relevant resolutions of the Council and of the enera Assembly, and it has become the opinio juris of. the world wmmunity, as rightly noted in the Secretary-General’s report. This position is also .fOlly shared by the International Committee of the F&d Cross. I have taken up these points in a detailed manner, because the dispute over the applicability of the- Fourth Geneva Convention is not a minor issue. In fact it .% conceals. the controversy over sovereignty -, a controversy which cannot. be settled through a formalistic discussion that evades the substance &f the political problem. As a Mtter of fact, fsrael.contests the Security Council’s autiority to consider the problems that result from Israeli occupation of the West, Bank, Eas,t Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip , and., does not permit those intervent-ions which would be possible. 1 refer here to those interventions which the report o.f the .i .Secretary-General defines as “physical protection”. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a formal document discussing international law and humanitarian issues related to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip. It references international treaties, conventions, and organizations, indicating that the topic is of a legal and political nature. The text also mentions the concept of sovereignty and the responsibility of states to provide humanitarian protection to affected populations.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International trade