Palestine: Question of an International Regime for the Jerusalem Area and the Protection of the Holy Places

A/RES/303(IV)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1949.

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6 subjects

Administration Boundaries Jerusalem Maps Political Status Terms of Reference

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3 operative paragraphs

To restate, therefore, its intention that Jerusalem should be placed under a permanent international regime, which should envisage appropriate guarantees for the protection of the Holy Places, both within and outside Jerusalem, and to confirm specifically the following provisions of

11 Sec Official Records of the second session of the Gm"al Assembly~ Resolutions, page 131.

88 See Official Records of the third session of the Gen- Bal Assembly, Part I, Resolutions, page 21.

19 Sec Official Records of the second session of the Gm"al Assembly, Resolutions, page 146. General Assembly resolution 181 (II) :39 ( 1) the City of Jerusalem shall be established as a corpu.s separatum under a special international regime and shall be administered by the United Nations;

the Trusteeship Council shall be designated to discharge the responsibilities of the Administering Authority ... ; and ( 3) the City of Jerusalem shall include 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, as indicated on the attached sketch-map ;40

To request for this purpose that the Trusteeship Council at its next session, whether special or regular, complete the preparation of the Statute of Jerusalem,41 omitting the now inapplicable provisions, such as articles 32 and 39, and, without prejudice to the fundamental principles of the international regime for Jerusalem set forth in General Assembly resolution 181 (II) introducing therein amendments in the direction of its greater democratization, approve the Statute, and proceed immediately with its implementation. The Trusteeship Council shall not allow any actions taken by any interested Government or Governments to divert it from adopting and implementing the Statute of Jerusalem;

II. Calls upon the States concerned to make formal undertakings, at an early date and in the light of their obligations as Members of the United Nations, that they will approach these matters with goocl will and be guided by the terms of the present resolution.

9 December 1949.

MAP NO. 104.1 UNITED NATIONS DECEMBER 1949

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