UNSCOP
|
|
UNSCOP stands for the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
Formed in May of 1947, in response to the handover of the British Mandate of Palestine to the UN to vote upon which solution to use for partitioning the land.
Conclusions: Jews were still a considerable minority, constituing only a third of the population and owning roughly 6 percent of the the total land in Palestine. However, the conditions in Palestine were quickly deteriorating and a solution was urgently needed.
Recommendations: The committee recommended that the British mandate should be terminated and Palestine should be granted independence. However, the committee was divided on what kind of state it should be. Yet, they presented the possibility of both an Arab state and Jewish state within Palestine, with the borders basically drawn along population lines.
MEMBERS;
Australia
Mr. J. D. L. HOOD, representative
Mr. S. L. ATYEO, alternate
Canada
Justice I. C. RAND, representative
Mr. Leon MAYRAND, alternate
Czechoslovakia
Mr. Karl LISICKY, representative
Dr. Richard PEACH, alternate
Guatemala
Dr. Jorge Garcia GRANDEES, representative
Mr. E. ZEA GONZALES, alternate
India
Sir Abdur RAHMAN, representative
Mr. Venkata VISWANATHAN, alternate
Mr. H.DAYAL, second alternate
Iran
Mr. Nasrollah 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
External links
- Report of UNSCOP - 1947(including minority proposal) (http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/eed216406b50bf6485256ce10072f637/07175de9fa2de563852568d3006e10f3!OpenDocument)
- Ivan Rand and the UNSCOP papers (http://www.cdn-friends-icej.ca/un/unscop.html)