  {"id":211220,"date":"1951-02-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=211220"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:26:40","slug":"auto-insert-211220","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-211220\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion on the UNRWA meeting and the Refugee Office &#8211; UNCCP 205th meeting (Jerusalem) &#8211; Summary record (A\/AC.25\/SR\/205)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><i>Note<\/i><\/b><i>: Updated on 7 April 2026: Document symbol corrected and added to the title. <\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;margin-left: 20px\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;text-align: center;padding-bottom: 5.5px;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;margin-left: 20px\"><u>UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE<\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;text-align: center;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;margin-left: 20px\"><u>SUMMARY RECORD OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTH MEETING<\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;text-align: center;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;margin-left: 20px\">\u00a0held at Government House, Jerusalem,<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;text-align: center;padding-bottom: 10px;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;margin-left: 20px\">on Tuesday, 6 February\u00a01951 at 3 p.m.<\/div>\n<table style=\"text-align: left;margin-left: initial;margin-right: auto\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;padding-top: 10px;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">Present:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;padding-top: 10px;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">Mr. de Boisanger<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;padding-top: 10px;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">(France)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;padding-top: 10px;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">&#8211; Chairman<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">Mr. Aras<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">(Turkey)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">M. Palmer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">(United States)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">M. de Azcarate<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;border: 0px solid #000000\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">\u00a0-Principal Secretary<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 10px;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif;color: #000000;padding-bottom: 5px;text-align: left\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">Commenting on the meeting held that morning at Government House with the Relief and Works Agency, the Commission noted that the collaboration between the two bodies was working very well, and expressed satisfaction with the decision to hold a further joint meeting in Beirut on 8 March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;padding-bottom: 5px;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">An exchange of views then took place regarding the appointment of a liaison officer to maintain permanent contact with a liaison officer of the Relief and Works Agency. It was agreed to leave it to the Principal Secretary to settle the question with Mr. Kennedy, Director of the Agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;padding-bottom: 5px;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">It was also agreed that all Conciliation Commission documents concerning questions of interest to the Relief and Works Agency should be communicated to it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;padding-bottom: 5px;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">Recalling the desire expressed by Mr. Kennedy, Director of the Relief and Works Agency, that for practical reasons the Director of the Commission\u2019s new Refugee Office should be given a title which could not be confused with his own, the CHAIRMAN asked the members of the Commission for their suggestions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;padding-bottom: 5px;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">After discussion, it was agreed that the new Office would be called the \u201cRefugee Office of the Conciliation Commission\u201d and that the official in charge of its work would be called \u201cHead of the Palestine Conciliation Commission Refugee Office\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;text-align: left;padding-bottom: 5px;font-size: 10pt;font-family: Times New Roman, serif\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\">With regard to the agenda for the meeting with the Relief and Works Agency to be held in Beirut on 8 March, it had been agreed, during the morning\u2019s meeting, to include in that agenda paragraphs 5 and 6 of Mr. Blandford\u2019s memorandum. Consequently, <i>it was decided<\/i>\u00a0to ask the General Committee to undertake a preliminary study of those two points and to submit its conclusions to the Commission, which would examine them, taking into account any new,A relevant information which the members might have been able to obtain during the course of the unofficial and official conversations they were planning to have with members of the Arab and Israel Governments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Updated on 7 April 2026: Document symbol corrected and added to the title. UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE SUMMARY RECORD OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTH MEETING \u00a0held at Government House, Jerusalem, on Tuesday, 6 February\u00a01951 at 3 p.m. Present: Mr. de Boisanger (France) &#8211; Chairman Mr. Aras (Turkey) M. 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