Palestine question – Ad Hoc Cttee Subcommittee #2 – Press release

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COLOMBIA RESIGNS FROM SUB-COMMITTEE

ON PALESTINE

The provisional Chairman of Sub-Committee II of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question, Mr. A. Gonzalez-Fernandez (Colombia), this morning resigned the chairmanship and resigned from the Sub-Committee.

The Colombian delegate had announced at an open meeting last week that he would accept the chairmanship only on the condition that the composition of the Sub-committee be revised to include other non-Moslem countries besides Colombia.

As the Sub-committee has not been re-constituted, Mr. Gonzalez-Fernandez resigned.

Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan (Pakistan)was elected Chairman in his place.

The Sub-committee will meet this afternoon in working groups.

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