Admission of Israel to the United Nations
The following documents track the admission of Israel to the United Nations...
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UN Conciliation Commission to Palestine, 1950
The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP) was created by UNGA Resolution 194, December 1948, in order to conclude the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Click here to access the Commission's Report on its initial...
Read MoreUN Security Council Resolution 237, June 1967
Recommends to the parties involved in the 1967 conflict to respect the Geneva Convention principles regarding treatment of prisoners of war and protection of civilian persons; specifically calls on Israel to ensure the safety,...
Read MoreUN Security Council Resolution 242, November 1967
Among other provisions, this resolution calls for "withdrawal of Israeli armed forced from territories occupied in the recent conflict," and for "achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem." To see the full...
Read MoreUN General Assembly Resolution 273, May 1949: Admission of Israel to membership in the United Nations
Following the recommendation of the UN Security Council, the General Assembly admits Israel to membership: "Noting furthermore the declaration by the State of Israel that it 'unreservedly accepts the obligations of the United...
Read MoreUN General Assembly Resolution 194, December 1948
Passed as the Arab-Israeli War drew to a close, this resolution's articles included a call for the return of Palestinian refugees, access to Jerusalem and Holy Places, and UN control of Jerusalem....
Read MoreIsrael’s Declaration of Independence
May 14, 1948: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Declaration-of-Independence-Israel.pdf...
Read MoreAcquisition of Israeli Nationality
Document from Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs on how to become an Israeli citizen: Full text of information sheet on how to acquire Israeli nationality...
Read MoreThe Peel Commission Report Summary: July 1937
The Commission was formed in response to the breakout of hostilities between Arabs and Jews in Mandate Palestine in April 1936. The Commission concluded that only partition of Palestine between Arabs and Jews...
Read More1979 speech by Vice President Mondale: International responses to refugee crises from Nazi Europe to the Vietnam War
In this speech to a U.N. conference in 1979, U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale cites the Evian conference's refugee decisions in making a case for expanding immigration quotas for refugees from Southeast Asia....
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