{"id":210528,"date":"1949-07-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=210528"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:01:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:01:06","slug":"auto-insert-210528","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-210528\/","title":{"rendered":"UNCCP &#8211; Arab refugees &#8211; Letter from Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"4px\" \/>\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;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Letter dated 29 July 1949 addressed by Mr. R. Shiloah, Head of the Delegation of Israel,<\/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;\">to the Principal Secretary of the Conciliation Commission<\/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;\">Dear Dr. Azc&#225;rate,<\/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;\">Further to our conversation this morning regarding my statement at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/9C6FEF76A3ECC02A8525753500574504.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">meeting with the Conciliation Commission on the 28th of July<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, I would like to submit to you in writing the precise views of my Government on the subject of refugees.<\/span><\/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;\">In response to the views of the Conciliation Commission and in order to facilitate the task of conciliation, the Government of Israel agrees that:<\/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;\">1) The problem of refugees be placed as the first item on the agenda of joint discussions of a general peace settlement;<\/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;\">2) On initiation of such discussions, the Israeli Delegation will be prepared to convey to the Commission and to the Arab Delegations the total figure of refugees which the Government of Israel will be ready to repatriate;<\/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;\">3) In the view of the Government of Israel, such repatriation must form part of a comprehensive plan for the settlement of the entire refugee problem;<\/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;\">4) This repatriation will be put into effect only as an integral part of a general and final peace settlement.<\/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;\">Yours sincerely, <\/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;\">S\/ R. Shiloah<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE Letter dated 29 July 1949 addressed by Mr. R. 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