Resolution 181 (II)

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Resolution 181 (II) is the 1947 United Nations General Assembly resolution that proposed the partition of Mandatory Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states with a special international regime for Jerusalem.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations General Assembly resolution
partition plan
acceptedBy Jewish Agency for Palestine
administeredBy Proposed United Nations Trusteeship Council for Jerusalem
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptionDate 1947-11-29
alsoKnownAs Partition of Palestine resolution
UN Partition Plan for Palestine
basedOnReportOf United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
calledFor Division of Palestine into three parts: Jewish state, Arab state, and corpus separatum for Jerusalem
Economic union between the proposed Jewish and Arab states
Progressive withdrawal of British armed forces from Palestine
Protection of religious and minority rights
Termination of the Mandate for Palestine
designatedStatusOf Jerusalem as a corpus separatum under a special international regime
establishedConceptOf Corpus separatum for Jerusalem
followedBy 1948 Arab–Israeli War
Declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948
historicalSignificance Key step in the international process leading to the establishment of the State of Israel
Major turning point in the Arab–Israeli conflict
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalStatus Non-binding recommendation of the United Nations General Assembly
partOf History of Mandatory Palestine
History of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
proposedCreationOf Arab state in Palestine
Jewish state in Palestine
proposedStatusFor Special international regime for Jerusalem
rejectedBy Arab Higher Committee
Most Arab states
requiredMajority Two-thirds majority of members present and voting
resolutionNumber 181 (II)
session Second session of the United Nations General Assembly
sponsoredBy United Nations Special Committee on Palestine recommendations
subject Creation of a Jewish state
Creation of an Arab state in Palestine
Partition of Mandatory Palestine
Special international regime for Jerusalem
territorialScope Mandatory Palestine
votingResult 1 absent
10 abstentions
13 against
33 in favour
year 1947

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine ("UNGA Resolution 181")
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
alsoKnownAs
Jewish People’s Council ("United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181")
legalBasisClaimed
British Mandate for Palestine ("UN General Assembly Resolution 181")
partitionPlanResolutionNumber

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