San Remo Conference

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The San Remo Conference was a 1920 meeting of the Allied Powers after World War I that determined the postwar division of former Ottoman territories, including assigning Britain the mandate over Palestine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international diplomatic conference
post–World War I peace conference
assignedMandateTo France over Lebanon
France over Syria
British Iraq Mandate
surface form: United Kingdom over Mesopotamia (Iraq)

British Mandate for Palestine
surface form: United Kingdom over Palestine
attendee Alexandre Millerand
David Lloyd George
Prince Saionji Kinmochi
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
chairperson Francesco Saverio Nitti
contextOf dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire
country Italy
determined allocation of Class A mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
effectOn creation of the British Mandate of Mesopotamia
legal basis for British Mandate for Palestine
legal basis for French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
endDate 1920-04-26
followedBy Treaty of Sèvres signing in August 1920
follows Paris Peace Conference
Treaty of Sèvres
surface form: Treaty of Sèvres negotiations
hasParticipant Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: Allied Powers

Belgium
France
Greece
Italy
Japan
United Kingdom
incorporatedDocument Balfour Declaration
surface form: Balfour Declaration of 1917
language English
French
Italian
legalInstrument San Remo Conference self-linksurface differs
surface form: San Remo Resolution
locatedIn Kingdom of Italy
Liguria
Sanremo
mainSubject League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
surface form: League of Nations mandates in the Middle East

postwar disposition of former Ottoman Empire territories
partOf post–World War I peace settlement
precededBy London Conference of 1920
relatedTo League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
surface form: League of Nations mandate system

Middle East peace settlement after World War I
Treaty of Sèvres
resultedIn San Remo Resolution on Palestine
significance defined political map of much of the modern Middle East
internationalized commitment to establish a Jewish national home in Palestine
startDate 1920-04-19
timePeriod interwar period

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British Mandate for Palestine createdBy San Remo Conference
this entity surface form: San Remo Conference decisions
this entity surface form: San Remo Conference of 1920
San Remo Conference legalInstrument San Remo Conference self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: San Remo Resolution
Sykes–Picot Agreement precedes San Remo Conference