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General Assembly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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In accordance with a Security Council resolution of April 1, 1948, which called for the convening of a special session of the General Assembly “to consider further the question of the future government of Palestine,” the second special session of the General Assembly was held at Lake Success from April 16 to May 15, 1948. Following the election of Dr. José Arce (Argentina) as president, the Assembly referred the question of Palestine to its political and security committee. A second agenda item proposed by China and Siam, the admission of Burma to membership in the United Nations, was considered directly by the Assembly and Burmese admission was voted unanimously on April 19.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities I. United Nations
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1948

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References

1 For discussion of the question of Palestine by the Security Council, see this issue, p. 491. For previous consideration by the General Assembly, see International Organization, I, p. 488–91; II, p. 53–8, 283–8.

2 Document A/538.

3 For complete text of the draftagreement, see document A/C.l/277.

4 Document A/C.1/SR.127.

5 Document A/C. 1/280.

6 Document A/P.V.132.

7 Document A/C.1/SR.126.

8 Document A/C.1/SR.127.

9 Documents A/C.1/SR.123 through A/C.l/ SR.184.

10 Document A/C.l /SR.136.

11 Document A/C.l/SR.137. Eight subcommittees of the political and security committee had been set up at previous sessions.

12 Document A/544. For discussions in the Trusteeship Council, see this issue, p. 515.

13 Document A/P.V.134.

14 United Nations Bulletin, IV, p. 432Google Scholar .

15 Document A/C.l/299.

16 Document A/C.1/SR.141.

17 Document A/C.l /298.

18 Document A/P.V.135.

19 Ibid.For text of the resolution, see document A/555.

20 United Nations Bulletin, IV, p. 432Google Scholar. For negotiations of the Mediator with Arabs and Jews, see this issue, p. 496.

21 Document A/AC.18/SC.3/5. For list of draft proposals and previous discussion on Security Council voting in the Interim Committee, see International Organization, II, p. 291–2Google Scholar.

22 Document A/AC.18/SC.3/3.

23 Document A/AC.18/SC.3/5.

24 Document A/AC.18/SC.3/7.

26 Document A/AC.18/SR.15.

27 Document A/578.

28 Document A/AC.18/73.

29 Ibid., Annex IV.

30 Document A/AC.18/74.

31 Document A/AC.18/67. For summary of these consultations, see International Organization, II, p. 293–4.

32 Document A/540.

33 Document A/548.

34 Document A/563.

35 Document A/561.

36 New York Times, May 11,1948.

37 Document A/563.

38 Ibid., p. 2.

39 New York Times, June 27,1948.

40 United Nations Bulletin, V, p. 615Google Scholar.

41 Ibid., IV, p. 419.

42 Ibid., p. 420.

44 Ibid., IV, p. 486

45 Ibid., V, p. 517.

46 Ibid., IV, p. 486 and V, p. 517.