  {"id":211093,"date":"1950-07-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=211093"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:07:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:07:17","slug":"auto-insert-211093","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-211093\/","title":{"rendered":"UNCCP &#8211; Conclusion of Geneva meetings &#8211; Letter to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:5.5px;text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-bottom:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Letter dated 3 July 1950 addressed by the Chairman of the Conciliation Commission to the Foreign Minister of Israel<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\">Sir,<\/p><\/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;\">On July 15 the Palestine Conciliation Commission will conclude the meetings which for the past six months it has been holding in Geneva. At the beginning of August it will meet again in its Jerusalem headquarters.<\/p><\/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;\">Last December when the Conciliation Commission concluded its meetings in New York and decided to establish itself for a time in Geneva it was encouraged by the thought that in this European centre of Âé¶¹APP activities it could readily maintain contact with the Government of Israel and the Arab Governments.<\/p><\/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;\">The Conciliation Commission had hoped that in the course of its meetings here it could find a way in which it could help to bring the parties together and assist them to achieve a settlement of all outstanding questions. It welcomed the opportunity for discussion of these questions with Israeli and Arab delegates in Geneva. The Commission could not fail to recognize the urgency of certain questions; it had long realized that none of the questions awaiting settlement could be considered unimportant by those desiring peace and stability in Palestine.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">During these months in Geneva the Conciliation Commission long continued to hope for eventual success in its efforts to find a way acceptable to the Government of Israel and the Arab Governments for the initiation of negotiations in the interest of all parties. These efforts and the responses thereto on the part of the Governments concerned have been the subject of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/01AFD14C04F49E9885256D9E0052ABBE.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">latest report<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;which the Commission has submitted to the Secretary-General of the Âé¶¹APP; and in its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/7DB854513E48F625852561020054FAA6.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Seventh Report<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;which it is about to submit, the Commission has been obliged to record that it has reached an impasse in its efforts here.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">In deciding at this time to proceed to Jerusalem, and having in mind the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/7DB854513E48F625852561020054FAA6.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">report<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;which it must soon prepare for the Âé¶¹APP General Assembly; the Palestine Conciliation Commission wishes to have the opportunity for first hand contact with the Government of Israel and the Arab Governments after it is established in its Jerusalem headquarters.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">I have the honour to be.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Sir,<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Your obedient Servant,<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Claude de Boisanger <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Chairman<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE Letter dated 3 July 1950 addressed by the Chairman of the Conciliation Commission to the Foreign Minister of Israel Sir, On July 15 the Palestine Conciliation Commission will conclude the meetings which for the past six months it has been holding in Geneva. 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