other forms of assistance to the occupied Palestinian territories solely for the benefit of the Palestinian people and in a manner that would not serve to prolong the Israeli occupation: and requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its forty-third session, tlrrough the Economic and Social Council, on the progress in the implementation of the resolution (resolution 421166). At its forty-third session, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Secretary-General on assistance to the Palestinian people; regretted that the programme of economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people had not hrcn ,b*~nln-nA =E ranr:actarl hy the Afisnmbly in its resolution 42/166: reouested the --.--- ~-- -- --x------ Secretary-General to charge Habitat with supervising the development of the programme and to provide it with the fun& needed to enqaqe 20 experts to prepare an adequate programme, in close co-operation with the palestine Liberal i,:ns Urganization, taking into account the intiadah of the L’alesrinian i:~~BJ~~.~ it1 1 I:~. orrrupied Palestinian territory, includih2 .Jerl~snlcm, ant1 ib:: iq~l i I :%I :s.:.‘.: .Ila.i A/45/100 English Page 46 requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its forty-fourth session, through the Economic and Social Council. on progress made in the implementation of the resolution (resolution 431i78). At its forty-fourth session, u/ the General Assembly took note of the report annexed to the note by the Secretary-General on assistance to the Palestinian people: expressed its appreciation to the States, United Nations bodies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations that had provided assistance to the Palestinian people: requested the international community, the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-gcvernmeatal srqanisations to sustain and increase their assistance to the Palestinian people, in ciose co-operation with the Palestine Liberation Organisation: called for treating on a transit basis Palestinian exports and imports passing through neighbouring ports and points of 