{"id":177576,"date":"1971-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=177576"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:31:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:31:24","slug":"auto-insert-177576","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-177576\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli settlements &#8211; Letter from Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Distr.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">GENERAL<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">S\/10142<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\"><sup>*<\/sup><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">3 March 1971<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">ORIGINAL: ENGLISH<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">LETTER DATED 3 MARCH 1971 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>On instructions from my Government I have the honour to refer to the letter addressed to you by the Permanent Representative of Jordan on 26 February 1971 (A\/8287, S\/10133).<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The charges in the Jordanian letter constitute a distortion of the facts and are misleading.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>There has been no confiscation nor any expropriation of lands in the villages mentioned in the discussed letter; neither is there any intention on the part of the Government of Israel to take such steps in the future.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>I have the honour to request circulation of this letter as an official document of the General Assembly and the Security Council.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(<u>Signed<\/u>) Yosef TEKOAH<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Permanent Representative of Israel<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">to the United Nations<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\"><sup>*<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Also issued under the symbol A\/8293.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Distr. 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