Palestine  partition  plan  as  approved  by the United Nations
128th plenary session Nov. 29, 1947

The  resolution  was approved by the general assembly, 33 votes
in  favor,  13 votes against, with 10 abstentions. The vote was
as  follows:  voting for approval: Australia, Belgium, Bolivia,
Brazil,  Byelorussian  soviet socialist republic, Canada, Costa
Rica,  Czechoslovakia,  Denmark,  Dominican  republic, Ecuador,
France,   Guatemala,   Haiti,   Iceland,  library,  Luxembourg,
Netherlands,  New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay,
Peru,  Philippines,  Poland, Sweden, Ukrainian soviet socialist
republic,  union  of  south  Africa,  union of soviet socialist
republics, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Voting  against  approval:  Afghanistan,  Cuba,  Egypt, Greece,
India,  Iran,  Iraq,  Lebanon,  Pakistan,  Saudi Arabia, Syria,
Turkey, Yemen.

Abstaining from the vote: Argentina, Chile, china, Columbia, El
Salvador,   Ethiopia,   Honduras,   Mexico,   united   kingdom,
Yugoslavia.

The general assembly,

Having  met  in special session at the request of the mandatory
power to constitute and instruct a special committee to prepare
for  the consideration of the question of the future government
of Palestine at the second regular session.

Having  constituted  a  special  committee and instructed it to
investigate all questions and issues relevant to the problem of
Palestine,  and  to  prepare  proposals for the solution of the
problem,  and  Having  received  and examined the report of the
special  committee  (document  a/364)  including  a  number  of
unanimous recommendations and a plan of partition with economic
union approved by the majority of the special committee.

Considers  that the present situation in Palestine is one which
is  likely to impair the general welfare and friendly relations
among nations;

Takes  note  of  the declaration by the mandatory power that it
plans to complete its evacuation of Palestine by 1 august 1948;

Recommends  to  the  united kingdom, as the mandatory power for
Palestine,  and  to all other members of the united nations the
adaptation   and   implementing,  with  regard  to  the  future
government of Palestine, of the plan of partition with economic
union set out below;

Requests that;

1.The  security council take the necessary measures as provided
for in the plan for its implementation;

2.The  security  council  consider, if circumstances during the
transitional  period  require  such  consideration, whether the
situation  in  Palestine  constitutes  a threat to peace. If it
decides that such a threat exists, and in order to maintain the
international  peace  and security, the security council should
supplement  the authorization of the general assembly by taking
measures  under  articles  39 and 41 of the charter, to empower
the  united nations commission, as provided in this resolution,
to exercise in Palestine the functions which are assigned to it
by this resolution;

3.The  security  council  determine  as  a threat to the peace,
breach  of  the  peace or act of aggression, in accordance with
article  39  of  the charter, any attempt to alter by force the
settlement envisaged by this resolution;

4.The  trusteeship  council be informed of the responsibilities
envisaged  for  it  in this plan; Calls upon the inhabitants of
Palestine  to take such steps as may be necessary on their part
to put this plan into effect;

Appeals  to  all  governments  and  all peoples to refrain from
taking  any action which might hamper or delay the carrying out
of these recommendations,

And,  Authorizes  the secretary general to reimburse travel and
subsistence  appropriate  in  the circumstances, and to provide
the  commission  with the necessary staff to assist in carrying
out  the  functions  assigned  to the commission by the general
assembly.

UN Resolution 181(II) B

The general assembly,

Authorizes  the  secretary  general  to  draw  from the working
capital  fund  a  sum not to exceed $2,000,000 for the purposes
set forth in the last paragraph of the resolution on the future
government of Palestine.

1.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 .

2.The  refugees  wishing  to  return to their homes and live at
peace  with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the
earliest  practical  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;

3.Resolution   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.

Sponsored  by  the United Kingdom and France, the resolution is
deliberately  ambiguous. It has been accepted by Egypt, Jordan,
Lebanon and Israel. It has also been accepted by the PLO.


The Security Council,

Expressing  its  continuing concern with the grave situation in
the Middle East.

Emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory
by  war  and  the  need to work for a just and lasting peace in
which every state in the area can live in security.

Emphasizing  further that all member states in their acceptance
of  the  Charter  of  the  United  Nations  have  undertaken  a
commitment to act in accordance with Article 2 of the Charter

1.Affirms  that  the fulfillment of Charter principles requires
the  establishment  of  a  just and lasting peace in the Middle
East which should include the application of both the following
principles:

1.Withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories of recent
conflict.

2.Termination  of  all  claims  or  states  of belligerency and
respect for and acknowledgement of the sovereignty, territorial
integrity and political independence of every state in the area
and  their  right to live in peace within secure and recognized
boundaries free from threats or acts of force.

2.Affirms further the necessity for:

1.Guaranteeing  freedom  of  navigation  through  international
waterways in the area.

2.Achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem.

3.Guaranteeing  the  territorial  inviolability  and  political
independence  of  every  state  in  the  area  through measures
including the establishment of demilitarized zones.


3.Requests   the  Secretary  General  to  designate  a  special
representative  to  proceed to the Middle East to establish and
maintain  contacts  within  the  state  concerned  in  order to
promote  agreement and assist efforts to achieve a peaceful and
accepted  settlement  in  accordance  with  the  provisions and
principles in this resolution.'

(N.B.  The  official  French  text  refers  to  withdrawal  des
territories.)

Accepted by the PLO

The Security Council,

1.Calls  upon  all parties to the present fighting to cease all
fighting and to terminate all military activity Immediately, no
later  than 12 hours after the movement of the adoption of this
decision, in the positions they now occupy.

2.Calls  upon  the parties concerned to start Immediately after
the   cease   fire   the  implementation  of  Security  Council
resolution 242 (1967) in all of its parts.

3.Decides  that,  immediately  and  concurrently with the cease
fire,  negotiations  shall  start between the parties concerned
under  appraimed  at establishing a just and a durable peace in
the Middle East.

Drand  sponsored  by  USA  and the former USSR jointly. Adopted
unanimously China abstain Accepted by the PLO

1.Affirming   once  more  that  the  fourth  Geneva  convention
relative  to  the protection of civilian persons in time of war
of  12  August  1949  is  applicable  to  the  Arab territories
occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem.

2.Determines  that  all  measures taken by Israel to change the
physical   character,  demographic  composition,  institutional
structure   of   status  of  the  Palestinian  and  other  Arab
territories  occupied  since  1967, including Jerusalem, or any
part  thereof,  have no legal validity and that Israel's policy
and  practices  of  setting  parts  of  its  population and new
Immigrants in those territories constitute a flagrant violation
of  the  fourth Geneva convention relative to the protection of
civilian  persons  in time of war and also constitute a serious
obstruction  to  achieving  a  comprehensive,  just and lasting
peace in the Middle East.

3.Strongly  deplores the continuation and persistence of Israel
in  pursuing  those  policies  and practices and calls upon the
government  and  people of Israel to rescind those measures, to
dismantle  the existing settlements and in particular to cease,
on   an  urgent  basis,  the  establishment,  construction  and
planning  of settlements in the Arab territories occupied since
1967, including Jerusalem.

4.Calls  upon  all  states  not  to  provide  Israel  with  any
assistance   to   be   used  specifically  in  connection  with
settlements in the Occupied Territories.

5.Requests  the commission to continue to examine the situation
relating  to  the  settlements in the Arab territories occupied
since  1967,  including  Jerusalem, to investigate the reported
serious  depletion of natural resources, particularly the water
resources,  with  a  view  to  ensuring the protection of those
important   natural   resources   of   the   territories  under
occupation, and keep under close scrutiny the implementation of
the present resolution.

The Security Council,

1.Expresses  its  grave concern over the rejection by Israel of
Security Council resolutions 672 and 673.

2.Deplores  the  decision of the government of Israel to resume
deportations   of   Palestinian   civilians   in  the  occupied
territories.

3.Urges   the   government   of   Israel   to  accept  de  jure
applicability  of  the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, to all
the  territories  occupied  by  Israel since 1967, and to abide
scrupulously by the provisions of the said convention.

4.Calls   on   the  high  contracting  parties  to  the  Geneva
Convention  to  ensure  respect  by  Israel for its obligations
under the convention.

5.Requests  the  Secretary  General,  in  co-operation with the
International Committee of the Red Cross to develop further the
idea  from  his  report  of  convening  a  meeting  of the high
contracting parties, to discuss possible measures that might be
taken by them under the convention.

6.Requests  the  Secretary  General  to monitor and observe the
situation   regarding   Palestinian   civilians  under  Israeli
occupation,  making  new  efforts  in  this regard on an urgent
basis,  and  to  utilize  and designate or draw upon the United
Nations  and other personnel and resources present there in the
area  and  elsewhere  to  accomplish this task, and to keep the
Security Council regularly informed.

7.Requests  further  the  Secretary  General  to submit a first
progress  report  to  the Security Council by the first week of
March, 1991, and every four months thereafter.'


President's statement:

The   members   of   the   Security   Council   reaffirm  their
determination to support an active negotiating process in which
all   relevant   parties   would   participate   leading  to  a
comprehensive,  just  and  lasting  peace  to  the Arab-Israeli
conflict.  In  this  context  they  agree that an international
conference  should  facilitate  efforts to achieve a negotiated
settlement.

However,  the members of the council are of the view that there
is  not  unanimity as to when would be the appropriate time for
such a conference.

In  the  view  of the members of the council, the Arab- Israeli
conflict   is  important  and  unique  and  must  be  addressed
independently on its own merits.