  {"id":176281,"date":"1947-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=176281"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:17:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:17:49","slug":"auto-insert-176281","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-176281\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestine question &#8211; Termination of mandate &#8211; Letter from Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;line-height:150%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">QUESTION OF PALESTINE<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;line-height:150%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">REQUEST BY THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THE INCLUSION OF AN<\/p><\/div>\n<div 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style=\"color:#000000;line-height:150%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">2800-C Woodland Drive N.W.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;line-height:150%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Washington 8, D.C.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;line-height:150%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">April 22, 1947<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;line-height:150%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Excellency:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;line-height:150%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">I have been instructed by my Government to request, in accordance with Rule 18 Provisional Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly, that the following item be put on the Agenda of the Special Session which convenes on April 28th, 1947.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;line-height:150%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;margin-left:80px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;The termination of the mandate over Palestine and the declaration of its independence.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;line-height:150%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;margin-left:40px;\">\n\t\t\t\tAccept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;line-height:150%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Asad Al-Faqih<\/p><\/div>\n<div 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