S/PV.274 Security Council

The resolution of the Security COUDcil adopted on 5 March 1948 [263rd meeting] requested the permanent membeJ,'s of the Security Council, firsl, to consult and to inform the Council regardfug the situation with respect to Palestine'; and, secondly, torecommend instructions which the COUDcil might usefully give ta the ~Palestine Commission.' . , On 19 'March1948 [270th meeting], the'permanen~·members report,ed to the Security Council With regard to thefirst part·of this resol'tltiort; The representative of the United States ~reported' on behalf of bis delegation as wellas the deleg~tions of France and China, The representative of· the Union. of ~o~et Socialist Republics reportedfor himself. , . ' . Later the same day, the representative affile United States placed before· the Security COUDoil certain braad proposaIs which were ta be followed by resolutions [271st meeting]. Since 19 March the consultations among the permanent members of the Security Council have not taken place. It seems ta me that atthe present stage nothing will be gained by.a renewal,of.those consultations. It ",oùld be better for the. Security .Council to awai~ such d~tailed proposaIs as. the.delegation of the ,United States m~y ptac.e befote it, or'.such proposaIs..as other 4elegations lDay place befo,re it. .. " ',Mr. LaPEZ (Colo:mbia): 1 am very' happy that my remarks ha"V'e.elicited ITom the President the. statement that hè has just. made, namely,. that thes~conversations among the permanent members of the Security Council cannot.. usefully .be renewed. Sorne ·of the. representative,Sonthe Security Council thought that would come to pass, and.that· is actuallythe trouble·:. the problem was in the handsof thepermllI1ent m.embers of the Security COUDcil alld we did not get any solution froJ.n. them. , Of course, we havt} ta goahead with our work. The Security Council has to discharge its.·responsibilitie.s-and they are not light responsibilities ':'-and it is .extremely useful to have the' situation clarified, às the President bas' just done in stating that we cannot proceed'~on theassumption that thé conversations among the permanent members ?f th~ SecuritY. Council cR;Ii be usefully carried on In fuis. conneJUon. amsur~that we'woùld.wisb to ask for.theprivi,:, lege ofmaking our observations on tbein. Ai.rtllslnoméÎtt l have tbebono111"'tosubmitto the .,~ectuity ',. c0tinciI "a,' statenu~nf:",hich\yas ~dopt~~ by ~e'Jewish Agencyfor.Pa.t~stin~àri4 ~eNational'Cotincil01 the Jewsof Palestine, the Vaad Leùmi. on23 ~aibh 1948 :, ".: .,'.'. /" 'lbeJewish Agency for>:i:'alestine àndthe, Vaad ,Leumibave Iearned \Vith regret and astonishment of theattitudeadopted by tbe United States . _~~presentativein the Security Couneil concerning the United Nations decisions on Palestine. 1 : 1 ItThe Jewisb Agency and the Vaad Leumi declare: li 1. The Jewisb people and tbe Yish~v in Palestine will cipposeanyproposal. designed ,to prevent ,or postpone the establismneniof the Jewisb State. Il 2. We categorically reject 8I1y planto set up a trusteeship regime for Palestine, eyen for a sbortperiodof'.time. A trusteeship woul4necessa.,. rily entail adenial oftheJewisbrigbt to national independence~ It would Jeave Palestmeunder; a foteigtliniIitary re~e. . '"' , , ~ .": 113.Tbefailure. and diSintegratiol1. of, the Mandatory Ad.ministradon, the 'colltinuation, of whiéh was'unanimouslY,réjected bythe United Nations, necessitatës theearly arrivaI in Palestine onlie United Nations Palestine ConiiIiissioD. The Piovisional CounciÎofGovémmellt'of the Jewish Stâte should be' tecognized' without delay'by' the UnitèdNations Palestine .Coniinission·'" sa that authority may be transferred' to it as envisaged in the United Nations decisions. . ··4.Upop ~ tlte termination '~f·the, rvratidatoty Ad11linistratiôtÙli1d not latertban'16Maynext, aprovisional Jewîsli yovetlimellt will commence to fuIlction in co-operation with' the r~ptesenta­ tives of the United Nations, tbenin Palestine. In the meantine, we sball do our utmost to minimize tbechaos createdby the present Government,,and wesbaIlmaintain,sofaras lies ,in our power,the public services·,neglected by it. ,.1 S.Tbe Jewisbpeople, extends the band of peace to ,the" Arab people and invites representatives' of tbeArab population of,the Jewish State to take tbeir rightful'pl~ce illa1I its 'organsof government.Tbe Jewisb State 'Will: be glad to cooperate with the neighb0uringArabStatesandto enter intopermanent treatyrelations with them to strengthen woi'ld peace and to advance, the development of aIl· theco~tries oftbeNear East." , . . MahmoudFAvv.zJ Bey (Egypt): The' bour js late atld1 bave orny a few words ta say. 1 do not need to remind the Couneil that, since partition Wl18 fust talked about, and more partJcularly since the General Assembly adopted roga~ves. As fQr rest of what was said by, the Vnited States, spokesman of the Jewish Agency, l'wouId only, ,say thatthe road to, order points in. an entirely differ-entdirection.

1 wishto announce that the meeting originally scheduled ~or tomorrow afternoon, 25 Marcb, to discuss the I1ldia-Pakistan question has been post'poned toMonday afternoon, 29 March. The discussion of the Palestine question will beresumed Tuesday afternoon, 30 March. TWOHUNDRED AND SEVENTY·FlF1'H MEETING Held at Lake Success, New York, on Tuesday, 30 MaTCh. 1948, at 2.30p.m. President:Mr. T. F. TSIANG-(China). Present :'·The, representatives' of the following .countries: Argentina, Belgium" Canada, ' Chinà, Colombia,France, Syria, Ukrainian SovietSoçial- ist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist,Republics, United Kingdo)lJ.,. United States of America~. 38. Provisionalagenda' (~oêultlentS/Agenda 275) 1. Adoption of the agenda. 2. The Palestine question: , (a)FÏI'sf monfh1y ljrogress, rêporlf6 the , Security Canncilof the United Nations 'PaléstineCommission (docliIilent S/663). (h)' First special report to the Security Conn- cil: the prob1e~ of securityin Palestine;