Construction of the wall on Palestinian territory could only be regarded as de facto annexation, and the annexation of occupied territories was proscribed by the United Nations Charter and the Fourth Geneva Convention.

The wall was an unmistakeable act of territorial annexation in the guise of self defence and security.

In 1974 Turkey had intervened as a guarantor Power , under the 1960 Agreements, to prevent annexation of Cyprus by Greece.

The international community should require Israel to explain how the annexation of territories and the establishment of settlements constituted self defence.

Israel has not complied with resolution 497 (1981), which declared that the 1981 annexation of the Golan was null and void.

The end of the war resulted in the occupation and the renewed annexation of the three Baltic States by the Soviet Union.

Morocco's policy of economic annexation of Western Sahara was a clear violation of the right of the Saharan people to self determination.

The construction, if it were to be irreversible, would constitute a de facto annexation of a substantial part of the West Bank.

Israel is mistaken if it believes that the settlers, the settlements and its annexation laws can ensure Israel's complete control over the Golan.

The annexation by Israel of the Syrian Golan has never been recognized by the Arab population of the Golan or by the United Nations.

PCBS (July 2004), Survey on the impact of the expansion and annexation wall on the Palestinian localities that the wall passed through March 2004 .

Most cynically, in our case, annexation is carried out against a small and friendly neighbouring country by a permanent member of the Security Council.

But understanding Russia s frustrations and sentiments does not excuse invasion and annexation. The EU Association Agreement threatened none of Russia s interests, whether economic or cultural.

He concurred with the Special Rapporteur that the purpose behind the wall was a de facto annexation of an ever larger part of Palestinian territory.

Steps made by the Russian Federation presently strengthens the separatist regimes and de facto annexation of a part of Georgia's territory. Following are some examples

The Court's advisory opinion holds that the construction of the wall could create facts on the ground tantamount to the actual annexation of occupied Palestinian territory.

Any conduct that runs counter to the United Nations Charter, such as the annexation of territories, must always be repudiated by the international community as a whole.

In its resolution 497 (1981), the Security Council considered the annexation of the Syrian Golan, occupied since 1967, by Israel on 14 December 1981 as null and void.

In this regard, Israel continues to confiscate land in Occupied East Jerusalem and to enact other unlawful measures in its drive to entrench its illegal annexation of the city.

The problem of Crimea will not be resolved quickly. Though Putin declared in his annexation speech that Crimea is an inseparable part of Russia, his behavior will turn against him.

According to one of the Secretary General's reports to the General Assembly, the wall, if completed, would lead to the annexation of about 1,000 square kilometres of the West Bank.

Then we are witnessing not a peacekeeping operation but, again, a trivial military annexation of part of Georgia by Russia, where these military units are securing the borders of annexed territories.

Annexation is nothing more than assertion of effective control through political, economic and military means over the territory of another State, as is the case with Abkhazia and former South Ossetia.

Deeply concerned at Israel's persistent attempts to defy the will of the international community and its reaffirmation of the annexation decisions considered null and void and illegitimate by the international community

Reaffirms that Israel's continued occupation of the Syrian Golan since 1967 and its annexation of it on 14 December 1981 constitute a permanent threat to peace and security in the region.

Over the past 60 years Latvia had undergone major ethnic and demographic changes as a result of the effects of the Second World War and the country's annexation by the former Soviet Union.

Condemning the aggressive actions perpetuated by Israel for the expansion of the borders of Al Quds Al Sharif Municipality, for the establishment of more settlements around it, and for annexation of the city

The Syrian Arab Republic therefore appealed to the international community to condemn the Israeli practices in the occupied territories and to demand that the Israeli Government abandon its policies of expansion, annexation and settlement.

Determines once more that the continued occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation constitute a stumbling block in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region

4. Determines once more that the continued occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation constitute a stumbling block in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region

4. Determines once more that the continued occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation constitute a stumbling block in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region

4. Determines once more that the continued occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation constitute a stumbling block in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region

Violations of other norms of international humanitarian law, inter alia those prohibiting the annexation of occupied territory, the establishment of settlements, the confiscation of private land and the forcible transfer of people, were also highlighted.

Reaffirming once more the illegality of Israel's decision of 14 December 1981 to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that Syrian territory,

Reaffirming once more the illegality of Israel's decision of 14 December 1981 to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that Syrian territory,

Putin gained the upper hand early in the crisis with the annexation of Crimea. Now, in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, he is shrewdly forcing a divided and risk averse West to choose between war and accommodation.

In fact, what is happening in the secessionist regions of Georgia is nothing less than annexation, which is simply the assertion of effective control though political, economic and military means over the territory of another State.

Reaffirming once more the illegality of the decision of 14 December 1981 taken by Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,

Reaffirming once more the illegality of the decision of 14 December 1981 taken by Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,

Reaffirming once more the illegality of the decision of 14 December 1981 taken by Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,

Indeed, Israeli settlements have amounted to de facto Israeli annexation of territory into which Palestinians seek to expand their state. As a result, without a clear agreement on borders, Area C will witness the most serious confrontations.

Reaffirming once more the illegality of the decision of 14 December 1981 taken by Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,

Reaffirming once more the illegality of the decision of 14 December 1981 taken by Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,

Reaffirming once more the illegality of the decision of 14 December 1981 taken by Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,

Reiterating its opposition to settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to any activities involving the confiscation of land, the disruption of the livelihood of protected persons and the de facto annexation of land,