United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
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The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) was a United Nations special committee that was formed in the May of 1947, in response to the handover of the British Mandate of Palestine to the United Nations to vote upon which solution to use for partitioning the land.
The committee actively followed the unravelling of the Exodus Jewish immigration ship saga. Some committee members were present at the port of Haifa when the Jewish immigrants were forcefully removed from the ship and deported to Cyprus. They later testified that this had greatly influenced them to find an urgent solution for the problem in Palestine.
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[edit] Conclusions
Jews were still a considerable minority, constituting only a third of the population and owning roughly 6% of the total land in Palestine. However, the conditions in Palestine were quickly deteriorating and a solution was urgently needed.
[edit] Recommendations
The committee recommended that the British mandate should be terminated and Palestine should be divided between the Jews and the Arabs. Jerusalem and Bethlehem were to remain neutral under International control. This recommendation was supported by all but three members of the committee. The minority decision supported a federated one state solution. The committee's decision was the basis of the Partition Plan.
[edit] Members
- Australia
- Mr. J. D. L. HOOD, representative
- Mr. S. L. ATYEO, alternate
- Canada
- Justice I. Rand, representative
- Mr. Leon MAYRAND, alternate
- Czechoslovakia
- Mr. Karl LISICKY, representative
- Dr. Richard PEACH, alternate
- Guatemala
- Dr. Jorge Garcia GRANADOS, representative
- Mr. E. ZEA GONZALES, alternate
- India
- Sir Abdur RAHMAN, representative
- Mr. Venkata VISWANATHAN, alternate
- Mr. H.DAYAL, second alternate
- Iran
- Mr. Nasrollah ENTEZAM About Entezam, representative
- Dr. Ali AKDALAN, alternate
- Netherlands
- Dr. N. S.BLOM, representative
- Mr. A. I. SPITS, alternate
- Peru
- Dr. Alberto ULLOA, representative
- Dr. Arturo Garcia SALAZAR, alternate
- Sweden
- Justice Emil SANDSTROM, representative
- Dr. Paul MOHN, alternate
- Uruguay
- Professor Enrique Rodriguez FABREGAT, representative
- Mr. Secco ELLAURI, alternate
- Yugoslavia
- Mr. Vladimir SIMIC, representative
- Dr. Jose BRILEJ, alternate
