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UN General Assembly Resolution 194
A/RES/194 (III)
11 December 1948
194 (III). Palestine --
Progress Report of the United Nations Mediator
The General Assembly,
Having considered further the situation in Palestine,
1. Expresses its deep appreciation of the progress achieved
through the good offices of the late United Nations Mediator in
promoting a peaceful adjustment of the future situation of Palestine,
for which cause he sacrificed his life; and
Extends its thanks to the Acting Mediator and his staff for their
continued efforts and devotion to duty in Palestine;
2. Establishes a Conciliation Commission consisting of three
States members of the United Nations which shall have the following
functions:
(a) To assume, in so far as it considers necessary in existing
circumstances, the functions given to the United Nations Mediator on
Palestine by resolution 186 (S-2) of the General Assembly of 14 May
1948;
(b) To carry out the specific functions and directives given to it by
the present resolution and such additional functions and directives as
may be given to it by the General Assembly or by the Security Council;
(c) To undertake, upon the request of the Security Council, any of the
functions now assigned to the United Nations Mediator on Palestine or to
the United Nations Truce Commission by resolutions of the Security
Council; upon such request to the Conciliation Commission by the
Security Council with respect to all the remaining functions of the
United Nations Mediator on Palestine under Security Council resolutions,
the office of the Mediator shall be terminated;
3. Decides that a Committee of the Assembly, consisting of China,
France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom and
the United States of America, shall present, before the end of the first
part of the present session of the General Assembly, for the approval of
the Assembly, a proposal concerning the names of the three States which
will constitute the Conciliation Commission;
4. Requests the Commission to begin its functions at once, with a
view to the establishment of contact between the parties themselves and
the Commission at the earliest possible date;
5. Calls upon the Governments and authorities concerned to extend
the scope of the negotiations provided for in the Security Council's
resolution of 16 November 1948 1/ and to seek agreement by
negotiations conducted either with the Conciliation Commission or
directly, with a view to the final settlement of all questions
outstanding between them;
6. Instructs the Conciliation Commission to take steps to assist
the Governments and authorities concerned to achieve a final settlement
of all questions outstanding between them;
7. Resolves that the Holy Places - including Nazareth - religious
buildings and sites in Palestine should be protected and free access to
them assured, in accordance with existing rights and historical
practice; that arrangements to this end should be under effective United
Nations supervision; that the United Nations Conciliation Commission, in
presenting to the fourth regular session of the General Assembly its
detailed proposals for a permanent international regime for the
territory of Jerusalem, should include recommendations concerning the
Holy Places in that territory; that with regard to the Holy Places in
the rest of Palestine the Commission should call upon the political
authorities of the areas concerned to give appropriate formal guarantees
as to the protection of the Holy Places and access to them; and that
these undertakings should be presented to the General Assembly for
approval;
8. Resolves that, in view of its association with three world
religions, the Jerusalem area, including the present municipality of
Jerusalem plus the surrounding villages and towns, the most eastern of
which shall be Abu Dis; the most southern, Bethlehem; the most western,
Ein Karim (including also the built-up area of Motsa); and the most
northern, Shu'fat, should be accorded special and separate treatment
from the rest of Palestine and should be placed under effective United
Nations control;
Requests the Security Council to take further steps to ensure the
demilitarization of Jerusalem at the earliest possible date;
Instructs the Conciliation Commission to present to the fourth
regular session of the General Assembly detailed proposals for a
permanent international regime for the Jerusalem area which will provide
for the maximum local autonomy for distinctive groups consistent with
the special international status of the Jerusalem area;
The Conciliation Commission is authorized to appoint a United Nations
representative, who shall co-operate with the local authorities with
respect to the interim administration of the Jerusalem area;
9. Resolves that, pending agreement on more detailed arrangements
among the Governments and authorities concerned, the freest possible
access to Jerusalem by road, rail or air should be accorded to all
inhabitants of Palestine;
Instructs the Conciliation Commission to report immediately to
the Security Council, for appropriate action by that organ, any attempt
by any party to impede such access;
10. Instructs the Conciliation Commission to seek arrangements
among the Governments and authorities concerned which will facilitate
the economic development of the area, including arrangements for access
to ports and airfields and the use of transportation and communication
facilities;
11. Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes
and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at
the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for
the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage
to property which, under principles of international law or in equity,
should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible;
Instructs the Conciliation Commission to facilitate the repatriation,
resettlement and economic and social rehabilitation of the refugees and
the payment of compensation, and to maintain close relations with the
Director of the United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees and,
through him, with the appropriate organs and agencies of the United
Nations;
12. Authorizes the Conciliation Commission to appoint such
subsidiary bodies and to employ such technical experts, acting under its
authority, as it may find necessary for the effective discharge of its
functions and responsibilities under the present resolution;
The Conciliation Commission will have its official headquarters at
Jerusalem. The authorities responsible for maintaining order in
Jerusalem will be responsible for taking all measures necessary to
ensure the security of the Commission. The Secretary-General will
provide a limited number of guards to the protection of the staff and
premises of the Commission;
13. Instructs the Conciliation Commission to render progress
reports periodically to the Secretary-General for transmission to the
Security Council and to the Members of the United Nations;
14. Calls upon all Governments and authorities concerned to
co-operate with the Conciliation Commission and to take all possible
steps to assist in the implementation of the present resolution;
15. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary staff
and facilities and to make appropriate arrangements to provide the
necessary funds required in carrying out the terms of the present
resolution.
At the 186th plenary
meeting on 11 December 1948, a committee of the Assembly consisting of
the five States designated in paragraph 3 of the above resolution
proposed that the following three States should constitute the
Conciliation Commission:
France, Turkey, United
States of America.
The proposal of the
Committee having been adopted by the General Assembly at the same
meeting, the Conciliation Commission is therefore composed of the
above-mentioned three States.
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1/ See Official Records of the Security Council, Third
Year, No. 126.
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