  {"id":210704,"date":"1949-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=210704"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:03:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:03:01","slug":"auto-insert-210704","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-210704\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting with Arab delegations on territorial adjustments and other isssues in Third Progress Report\/- UNCCP 22nd meeting (Lausanne) &#8211; Summary Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">SUMMARY RECORD OF A MEETING BETWEEN THE CONCILIATION COMMISSION <br \/>\nAND THE DELEGATIONS OF THE ARAB STATES<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">held in Lausanne on Saturday<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">25 June 1949, at 10:45 a.m.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Present:<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Yalcin <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(Turkey) <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Chairman<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. de Boisanger<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(France)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Hare<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(U.S.A.)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Dr. Azc&#225;rate<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Principal Secretary<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Abdel Chafi El Labbane<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Representative of Egypt<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Fawzi Pasha Mulki<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Representatives of the Hashemite Jordan Kingdom <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Edmond Roch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Dr. Mussa Husseini<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Fouad Bey Ammoun<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Representatives of Lebanon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Mohamed Ali Hamade<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Dr. Farid Zeineddine<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Representatives of Syria<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Ahmad Choukairi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:5px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><u>Territorial questions: consideration of the Arab delegations&#8217; proposals:<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The CHAIRMAN considered that the Commission had sufficiently explained the general aspects of the problem and that the time had now come to discuss details in a concrete and practical form. He thought that delegations would wish for more time for consultation and to contact their governments. He therefore proposed that the Conciliation Commission should meet with the Arab delegations on the following Wednesday, 29 June, and then go into recess until 18 July.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He recalled the signing of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0F3842FF645CFB2185257513005AAA22.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Protocol<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0F3842FF645CFB2185257513005AAA22.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;of 12 May<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;as a basis for discussion on territorial questions. It had not been intended to be the final plan but one upon which territorial adjustments could be made. The Israeli delegation had submitted their proposals with regard to the plan and they had been communicated to the Arab delegations by the Commission, They had also been communicated to third General Committee, one of whose members had expressed the view that such proposals did not come within the framework of territorial adjustments.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">So far the Commission had not received the views of the Arab delegations on those adjustments and he would be obliged to interpret their silence as signifying that they accepted the territorial arrangement laid down in the map attached to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0F3842FF645CFB2185257513005AAA22.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Protocol<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">FOUAD BEY AMMOUN (Syria) said that he had been under the impression that it had not been merely one member but rather the whole of the General Committee who had expressed the opinion that the Israeli proposals could not be said to come within the scope of territorial adjustments.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. de BOISANGER pointed out that the General Committee had not been called upon to express an opinion on the Israeli proposals, but that the question had been referred to them for study at a later time.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">FOUAD BEY AMMOUN (Syria) maintained that whether the expression of an opinion came within the General Committee&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/6CABB9D9E8AAB0238525750000539669.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">terms of reference<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;or not, it was nevertheless important to note that, on the substance of the matter, they had been against the Israeli proposals.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The CHAIRMAN explained that only one member of the General Committee had categorically stated that he was against the Israeli proposals. The General Committee as a body had not put forward any view but was waiting for comment on the proposals from the Arab States. He took the opportunity of once again urging the Arab delegations to make known their views on the matter.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. de BOISANGER agreed with the Chairman. Moreover, he wished to make it absolutely clear that the question had not been discussed by the General Committee and that no conclusion could be drawn in that connection. He stressed the fact that the General Committee&#8217;s silence could not be interpreted as comment.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Dr. FARID ZEINEDDINE (Syria) said that his delegation saw no objection to the proposed suspension of plenary meetings.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He expressed his appreciation for the references made to the Arab delegations in paragraph 2 of the Commission&#39;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/AD7D4FE6D9F547CB8525750C00766FAB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Third Progress Report<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/4350DA2D4EACE08D85256AF5005E1A6D.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">to the Secretary-General and called upon his colleague, Mr. Choukairi, to comment upon the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/AD7D4FE6D9F547CB8525750C00766FAB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/4350DA2D4EACE08D85256AF5005E1A6D.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;and upon the item on the agenda under discussion.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Mr. CHOUKAIRI (Syria), surveying the ground which had been covered in the previous two months, first of all wished to express his appreciation for the patience and ability which had gone into swing up the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/AD7D4FE6D9F547CB8525750C00766FAB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Third Progress Report<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/4350DA2D4EACE08D85256AF5005E1A6D.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">to the Secretary-General. In his opinion, however, the Jewish position had not always been reflected in its true light. It was natural that the Commission wished to ease the situation and had for that reason written the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/AD7D4FE6D9F547CB8525750C00766FAB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">report<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/4350DA2D4EACE08D85256AF5005E1A6D.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">in a spirit of conciliation, but he hoped that a truer picture of the situation would appear in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/AD7D4FE6D9F547CB8525750C00766FAB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">final report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/4350DA2D4EACE08D85256AF5005E1A6D.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Referring to paragraph 10 of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/AD7D4FE6D9F547CB8525750C00766FAB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Third Progress Report<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, he told the Commission that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0F3842FF645CFB2185257513005AAA22.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Protocol<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;only existed between the Arab delegations and the Commission itself, as he had learnt that the Jewish delegation had made verbal reservations not merely with regard to territorial adjustments but reservations which went against the very spirit of conciliation of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0F3842FF645CFB2185257513005AAA22.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Protocol<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Turning to what he considered to be evidence of the lack of cooperation of the Jewish Government in the question of refugees, he stated that it had been impossible to obtain an agreement in principle on the matter from the Jewish delegation in spite of the clear, unqualified decision taken by the General Assembly on the repatriation of refugees, since the Jewish delegation had persisted in bringing into the question references to territorial problems, security, economics and the status of minorities. Dr. Eytan, in his last memorandum, refused to accept the refugees. The Jewish delegation maintained that the situation had changed and that therefore the General Assembly&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;was no longer strictly applicable. That was, in Mr. Choukairi&#8217;s view, an argument which might be very loosely applied and which he thought to be quite invalid. As for Dr. Eytan&#8217;s view that repatriation was a step backwards since the Arabs were a minority in Palestine, that was a form of reasoning which he could not follow, since, if that train of thought were further developed, it might be argued that the Jews were themselves a minority in the Arab Middle East.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He then dealt with the question of property of refugees, which he considered to be a serious omission in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/AD7D4FE6D9F547CB8525750C00766FAB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Third Progress Report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/4350DA2D4EACE08D85256AF5005E1A6D.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/95E4BB10657E8FA78525753D007C3785.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">memorandum<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;of the Conciliation Commission dated 16 May 1949 transmitting the Jewish replies, contained a clear negation of proprietary rights. It was evident that the Jewish Government only considered itself bound by the rules of compensation. Such an attitude showed that the Jews intended to expropriate the Arabs, a procedure unjustifiable under any legal system. The General Assembly&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;was quite explicit to the effect that no expropriation was to take place except for public purposes. The question of property of refugees was an extremely important one and he wished most particularly to draw the Commission&#8217;s attention to it.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">With regard to territorial questions, he thought the proposals made by the Jews were contrary to the spirit of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0F3842FF645CFB2185257513005AAA22.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Protocol<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, and he wondered, if the Jewish claims to territory on northern, eastern and southern boundaries were termed mere &#8220;adjustments&#8221;, what the government would understand by expansion. He bitterly deplored the bargaining in which he considered the Jewish delegation to be indulging, especially with regard to Gaza, and condemned such an exploitation of the miserable plight of the refugees.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He stressed the fact that the Arab delegations had always made moderate and constructive proposals. It would not be fair to say that they had not studied the territorial question, since that was a most important aspect of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0F3842FF645CFB2185257513005AAA22.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Protocol<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;they had signed on 12 May. In that connection, and particularly with reference to the question of repatriation of refugees both to Israel and to those areas which would come under Arab control under the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/7F0AF2BD897689B785256C330061D253.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Partition Plan<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, he thought the Commission had interpreted the matter differently from the Arab delegations, and expressed the conviction that the vast majority would wish to return to their homes, whichever power was in control. Some refugees had even gone so far as to take the law into their own hands and he cited the case, recorded in the &#8220;Palestine Post&#8221; of 5 June, of some Arab refugees who had returned to their village of Abu Ghosh near Jerusalem being forcibly taken away from their homes and warned not to attempt to return. With regard to paragraph 14 of the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/AD7D4FE6D9F547CB8525750C00766FAB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;Progress Report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/4350DA2D4EACE08D85256AF5005E1A6D.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, he thought it would be impossible to assess the number of refugees who did not wish to return to Palestine until those who wished to return had done so.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Referring to paragraph 12 of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/AD7D4FE6D9F547CB8525750C00766FAB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Third Progress Report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/4350DA2D4EACE08D85256AF5005E1A6D.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, he wished to make it quite clear that the Arab delegations drew no distinction between categories of refugees. If they had requested that owners of orange groves be granted facilities to return immediately, it was because such groves represented an important source of Arab wealth which would benefit the whole Arab population.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Chairman had invited the Arab delegations to express their views on the territorial question, but Mr. Choukairi stressed the fact that the Palestine question was composed of this aspect of the problem as well as that of the international control of Jerusalem and of repatriation of the refugees, and that the Israeli delegation had proved rebellious against the General Assembly&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;on all three aspects. He pointed out that the Arab delegations had always been ready to cooperate with the Commission and he emphasized the constructive nature of their proposals.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">MULKI PASHA (Hashemite Jordan Kingdom), while agreeing that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/AD7D4FE6D9F547CB8525750C00766FAB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Third Progress Report<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;was intended to be an objective document, supported the views of his Syrian colleague. He drew attention to a certain disparity between the substance of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/AD7D4FE6D9F547CB8525750C00766FAB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">report<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/4350DA2D4EACE08D85256AF5005E1A6D.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">and the conclusions drawn; in paragraph 31 the Arab proposal for the return of refugees to certain areas was discussed, and it was noted that that proposal had a territorial aspect, but it was nevertheless implied in the &#8220;Conclusions&#8221; that the Arabs had made no territorial proposals.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Mulki Pasha declared that the Arab delegations were prepared to carry their territorial proposals further, on condition that the Israeli delegation agreed to return to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0F3842FF645CFB2185257513005AAA22.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Protocol<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;from which it had departed, and revise its proposals accordingly, so that they could come under the terms of adjustment for &#8220;exchanges&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Mr. de BOISANGER pointed out that it was unnecessary to convince the Commission that a proposal was acceptable or unacceptable, since the Commission had made clear its decision not to take a position on any proposal. The Arab delegations were placing the Commission in a difficult position, since the Commission could not conciliate two points of view until those two points of view had been expressed. He would have liked to receive territorial proposals from the Arab delegations in a more precise form than heretofore; an earlier presentation of such proposals might have accelerated the progress of the talks to a marked degree. However, the Commission must try to understand the Arab position and the reasons for it; in his opinion the Commission had no other course but to inform the Israeli delegation that for the moment it might be considered that the Arab delegations adhered to the territorial aspect of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/7F0AF2BD897689B785256C330061D253.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Partition Plan<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;and requested Israel to revise its proposals.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. LABBANE (Egypt) thought that the Syrian representative had clearly indicated the practical contributions made by the Arab delegations to the Commission&#8217;s task. Israel&#8217;s &#8220;solution&#8221; for the refugee problem was a simple refusal to repatriate refugees, followed by territorial proposals which were totally unacceptable. The Arab delegations, however, still sought a solution to the problem; without it, the true demographic picture of Palestine, upon which territorial adjustments must depend, could not be seen.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">FOUAD BEY AMMOUN (Lebanon) expressed his support of Mr. Choukairi&#8217;s statements and wished to add certain comments concerning the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/AD7D4FE6D9F547CB8525750C00766FAB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Third Progress Report<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, which he considered a truly objective document but one which gave only an incomplete impression of the great efforts made by the Commission in Lausanne.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">With regard to paragraphs 13 and 14, he wished to state officially, as the representative of Lebanon, that there would be more than one of the Arab States which would provide a haven for those refugees who did not wish or were unable to return to their homes.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">As regards paragraph 15, he pointed out that the &#8220;reserved and reticent attitude&#8221; of the Arab States on the territorial question had not resulted only from the Israeli attitude on the refugees; there were other reasons as well. The entire attitude of the Israeli delegation had been contrary to and a negation of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0F3842FF645CFB2185257513005AAA22.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Protocol<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">; its territorial demands were more in the nature of annexation than of &#8220;adjustments&#8221;, and were based on <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>faits accomplis<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;which were the direct result of flagrant violations of the truce.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Lebanese representative felt that paragraph 33 implied an incorrect interpretation of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0C3810E2D04C841E8525753D007D7F2B.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Arab proposal<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;which had been based upon the premise that certain territories should return to the Arabs. The Israeli attitude was not an indirect consequence of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0C3810E2D04C841E8525753D007D7F2B.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Arab memorandum of 21 May<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">; it was a formal statement of position. The territorial problem had two aspects: first, and mainly, claims, and second, adjustments. The Arab delegations had presented their territorial claims in their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0C3810E2D04C841E8525753D007D7F2B.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">memorandum of 21 May<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">; when the Israeli delegation was ready to propose true &#8220;adjustments&#8221;, the Arabs would be willing to discuss them. He hoped such a discussion might take place after the recess.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The CHAIRMAN thanked the Lebanese representative for his clear statement regarding the acceptance of refugees by the Arab States, and took note of it in the name of the Commission.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">He felt that Mr. Amoun&#8217;s statement regarding annexation and territorial adjustments was incomplete unless it included an indication of what the Arab delegations considered adjustments to be.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">As regards the suggestion that the Commission should act as an arbiter between the parties, the Chairman observed that the Commission had no powers of arbitration unless they were expressly conferred by the two parties.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">FOUAD BEY AMMOUN (Lebanon) explained that he had spoken of arbitration in connection with the Israeli proposals which were considered as going beyond the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0F3842FF645CFB2185257513005AAA22.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Protocol<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">. He felt that the Commission s function was not merely to transmit proposals, but to judge whether or not their substance came within the terms of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0F3842FF645CFB2185257513005AAA22.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Protocol<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">. It was up to the Commission to implement the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0F3842FF645CFB2185257513005AAA22.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Protocol<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;and if necessary to indicate to either of the two parties that it was not fulfilling its commitments.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Chairman had mentioned the fact that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/7F0AF2BD897689B785256C330061D253.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Partition Plan<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;called for economic union between the State of Israel and an Arab State. Mr. Ammoun pointed out, however, that by the Chairman&#8217;s own statement neither party had accepted the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/7F0AF2BD897689B785256C330061D253.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Partition Plan<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;in general; only its territorial aspects had been accepted.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The CHAIRMAN asked whether he might take it that for the present the Arab delegations would go no further than the territorial aspects of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/7F0AF2BD897689B785256C330061D253.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Partition Plan<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, with possibility of some rectification of frontiers.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">FOUAD BEY AMMOUN (Lebanon) recalled that the Commission itself had often declared the territorial question and the refugee problem to be closely linked. But, he pointed out, Israel refused to admit even the principle of repatriation of refugees, and continued to install new immigrants on land abandoned by refugees, in direct contravention of the General Assembly&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">. This was the reason why the Arab delegations would not discuss territorial adjustments at present; such adjustments could not be discussed until the final demographic picture in Palestine was known.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">With regard to his statement that those refugees who did not desire repatriation could be resettled in Arab countries, Mr. Ammoun stressed the fact that the refugees&#8217; choice must be freely expressed, and that those who did wish to return should have no obstacle placed in their way and must have full guarantees of safety of life and property.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. de BOISANGER thought that a step forward had been taken when the present basis of discussion had been decided on; he recalled that both the parties had asked the Commission to choose that basis. He pointed out that if at some future date the interested parties should find it desirable to accelerate the progress of the talks, it would be very difficult for the Commission to find a basis for a territorial settlement without knowing the views of the Arab delegations. He hoped that by the end of the proposed recess the Arab delegations would be ready to communicate those views.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. ZEINEDDINE (Syria) wished to amplify certain points made by his colleagues.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">First, he noted that while the Arab delegations had only asked the Commission to implement the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;of the General Assembly, Israel had refused to accept the principles&#8217; laid down in that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, particularly with regard to refugees.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Secondly, concerning resettlement of some refugees in Arab countries, he stressed the fact that the refugees&#8217; choice as to whether they would return to their homes or not must be absolutely free; there must be no obstacles in the way of their return. Once the choice was made, the Commission had no further responsibility as regards the refugees; the Arab States would not shirk their responsibilities toward their kinsmen. There would be, however, an international responsibility toward those who might not wish to return, namely, to ensure that their property was fairly assessed and compensation paid to them promptly.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He referred to Mr. de Boisanger&#8217;s statement that there could be no conciliation unless two views were expressed. In that connection he felt that there could be no conciliation without a basis, and as long as one party refused to confine itself to that basis no exchange of views could lead to a concrete result. He did not think that it would be necessary to find a new basis for negotiations; all that was necessary was respect for the present one. He expressed the view that conciliation was in some measure a state of mind, and drew attention to the declaration made by Mr. Ben Gurion the preceding month before the graduating class of the Israeli military school. It had been stated that the army which was now liberating Palestine was the army which had been built up secretly before l5 May 1948 (and therefore, Mr. Zeineddine pointed out the army which had created 200,000 refugees before that date, and which had been responsible for the death of the Mediator); it had been further stated that that army&#8217;s mission was to liberate the land of the Jews from the Nile to the Euphrates; and finally, it had been declared that war should be a Jewish profession. In view of Israel&#8217;s refusal to accept the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;of 11 December 1948, the Syrian representative considered Mr. Ben Gurion&#8217;s remarks to be most illuminating.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><u>Replies to Questions from the Representative of Syria<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">1. &#8220;What measures has the Commission taken to implement the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, and especially to facilitate the return of the refugees by the removal of obstacles to their free choice in the matter?&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The CHAIRMAN recalled that paragraph 11 of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;was divided into two parts, the first an affirmation of the principle of repatriation, the second an instruction to the Commission to &#8220;facilitate the repatriation, resettlement, and economic and social rehabilitation of the refugees and payment of compensation,&#8221; etc.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">As indicated in its various Progress Reports, the Commission had taken the following measures to implement paragraph 11:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">2. Concerning the first part of the paragraph: (1) tour of the Arab States and Israel in February; (2) Beirut conference at the end of March; (3) Commission visit to Tel Aviv on 7 April; (4) Lausanne meetings beginning 26 April. Concerning the second part of the paragraph: (1) creation of the Technical Committee, now working in Palestine; (2) memorandum to Israel in April regarding conciliatory measures, and Israeli reply communicated to Arab delegations in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/95E4BB10657E8FA78525753D007C3785.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">document AR\/7<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">; (3) transmission of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/E783BF538C23499E85257500007F343D.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Arab memorandum of 18 May<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;to Israeli delegation, and further Israeli replies communicated to Arab delegations in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/85A30C392C304A838525753E00595E22.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">document AR\/12<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">; (4) discussion in Commission and General Committee.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">2. &#8220;What assistance has been received from the Jews in that connection in virtue of the penultimate article of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;which &#8220;calls upon all Governments and authorities concerned to cooperate with the Conciliation Commission and to take all possible steps to assist in the implementation of the present <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">?&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The CHAIRMAN pointed out that assistance received from Israel was reflected in the following documents: (1) Commission Progress Reports; (2) recent statements by the Israeli representative before the United Nations; (3) Israeli replies, to Commission memorandum on conciliatory measures; (4) Israeli replies to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/E783BF538C23499E85257500007F343D.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Arab memorandum of 18 May<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">3. &#8220;Are the Arab delegations not justified in maintaining that the point of view expressed in the memoranda of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/E783BF538C23499E85257500007F343D.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">18 May<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0C3810E2D04C841E8525753D007D7F2B.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">21 May<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;is consistent, with the General Assembly&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">?&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The CHAIRMAN referred to the Commission&#8217;s letter of 21 May to the Arab and Israeli delegations (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0C946EB5B51A697485256D75006E08DD.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">IS\/17<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">), containing the remark that the Commission &#8220;wishes to state explicitly that the transmission of proposals or statements in no way implies that the Commission adopts its substance either in part or in whole&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Commission had also stated in its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/AD7D4FE6D9F547CB8525750C00766FAB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Third Progress Report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/4350DA2D4EACE08D85256AF5005E1A6D.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;that it had &#8220;transmitted these proposals to the Arab delegations and to the delegation of Israel respectively, without giving an opinion as to their merits or faults&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">4. &#8220;Does the Commission consider that the Jews have adhered to the letter or spirit of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;in view (a) of their attitude that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/348D66C50E65608985256D75006D3709.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Mr. Eban&#8217;s declaration<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;before the United Nations replaced that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">; (b) of their proposal to make the return of the refugees conditional upon their acquisition of additional territory, and (c) of their action in the meantime in encouraging the occupation of Arab property by Jews or its disposal in various ways, such as under the Absentee Law?&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The CHAIRMAN observed that the Commission was not called upon to pass judgment upon Mr. Eban&#8217;s declaration, Furthermore, as previously explained the Commission does not express its opinion regarding proposals communicated to it.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">5. &#8220;What are the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/BC2D58282C5C5F46852563CC0056FAA7.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;terms of reference<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;of the Technical Committee, and should it not be enabled to make proposals?&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The CHAIRMAN observed that the Commission was of the opinion that the task of the Technical Committee would be facilitated if both parties precisely understood its functions. The Commission had therefore requested the Principal Secretary to supply the Arab and Israeli delegations with copies of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/BC2D58282C5C5F46852563CC0056FAA7.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">terms of reference<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;of that Committee. The Chairman pointed out in that connection that the Technical Committee was not authorized to make proposals, as envisaged by the representative of Syria. Such proposals would normally be the responsibility of the Commission itself, following the receipt of adequate information from the Technical Committee.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">6, &#8220;In view of the fact that the Jews have rebelled against the General Assembly&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, and that the Commission in its communique issued at the end of the Beirut meetings called the attention of all parties to the international responsibility involved in the execution of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/C758572B78D1CD0085256BCF0077E51A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">resolution<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, what has been done to recall the Jews to a sense of international responsibility?&#8221; <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The CHAIRMAN said the Commission was of the opinion that Israel had given evidence of its international responsibility through its participation in the exchange of views at Lausanne. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. ZEINEDDINE (Syria) said that he would reserve, his comments on the Commission&#8217;s replies to his delegation&#8217;s questions until after the recess.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE SUMMARY RECORD OF A MEETING BETWEEN THE CONCILIATION COMMISSION AND THE DELEGATIONS OF THE ARAB STATES held in Lausanne on Saturday 25 June 1949, at 10:45 a.m. Present: Mr. Yalcin (Turkey) Chairman Mr. de Boisanger (France) Mr. Hare (U.S.A.) 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