{"id":212071,"date":"1953-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=212071"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:17:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:17:15","slug":"auto-insert-212071","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-212071\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to SG on relocation of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Jerusalem – UNCCP 304th meeting (New York) – Summary record"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE<\/p><\/div>\n

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Summary Record of the 304th Meeting (Closed)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Held at Headquarters, New York, <\/p><\/div>\n

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on Wednesday, 2 September  1953, at 11:30 a.m.<\/p><\/div>\n

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CONTENTS<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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1. Adoption of the agenda<\/p><\/div>\n

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2. Draft letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the question of the transfer of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem<\/p><\/div>\n

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PRESENT:<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Chairman:<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mr. BARAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Turkey<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Members:<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mr. ORDONNEAU<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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France<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Mr. BARCO<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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United States of America<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Secretariat:<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mr. CHAI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Acting Principal Secretary<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Mr. LADAS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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The agenda was adopted.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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2. DRAFT LETTER TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE QUESTION OF THE TRANSFER OF THE ISRAEL MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FROM TEL AVIV TO JERUSALEM<\/p><\/div>\n

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At the request of Mr. ORDONNEAU (France) and Mr. BARCO (United States), it was agreed<\/i> that Mr. BARAN (Turkey) should retain the chairmanship until 16 September 1953.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Commission approved<\/i> the following text of a letter to be addressed by its Chairman to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the question of the transfer of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. It was also decided to release the text of the above letter to the press.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Text of letter to the Secretary-General<\/i>:<\/p><\/div>\n

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2 September 1953<\/p><\/div>\n

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I have the honour to refer to your letter of 16 July 1953 concerning the question of the transfer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Commission would like to draw your attention to the position it has adopted in the past on the question of the transfer of Ministries of the Israel Government to Jerusalem, in the light of the special status accorded that city by the relevant decisions of the General Assembly.<\/p><\/div>\n

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As will be recalled, the <\/span>General Assembly resolution of 11 December 1948<\/a> instructed the Conciliation Commission “to present to the fourth regular session of the General Assembly detailed proposals for a permanent international regime for the Jerusalem area consistent with the special international status of the area”. Accordingly, the Commission devoted seven months of intensive effort towards the preparation of the draft text of an instrument establishing an international regime for the Jerusalem area during which time all the interested parties were consulted. This <\/span>text<\/a> was transmitted to the Secretary-General on 1 September 1949 for submission to the fourth session of the General Assembly.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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During the course of this work the Commission, having been informed that the Government of Israel proposed to transfer certain of its Ministries and Departments to Jerusalem, addressed, on 30 March 1949, a letter to the Prime Minister of Israel pointing out that such a measure would be incompatible with paragraph 8 of the <\/span>General Assembly resolution of 11 December 1948<\/a> which resolved that the Jerusalem area should be accorded special and separate treatment from the rest of Palestine and should be placed under effective United Nations control. The Principal Secretary of the Commission, on 11 April 1949, informed the Secretary-General of the action taken by the Commission.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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During its fourth regular session the General Assembly, having received the Commission’s draft instrument for the international regime of Jerusalem transferred to the Trusteeship Council the responsibility for completing the statute for internationalization of Jerusalem and proceeding with its implementation.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In its <\/span>report to the Secretary-General dated 2 September 1950<\/a> for transmission to the Members of the United Nations, the Conciliation Commission advised the Assembly that “with the presentation to the General Assembly of its proposals regarding the establishment of an international regime for Jerusalem the responsibilities of the Commission under paragraph 8 of <\/span>resolution 194 (III)<\/a> were fulfilled.”<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Having studied the situation created by the transfer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Israel Government from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem; the Commission can only recall the position already adopted by it in the above mentioned letter dated 30 March 1949.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The meeting rose at 12:00<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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