The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) was a United Nations special committee that was formed in the May of 1947, in response to the handover of the British Mandate of Palestine to the United Nations to vote upon which solution to use for partitioning the land. United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A committee is a (relatively) small group that can serve one of several functions: Governance: in organizations too large for all the members to participate in decisions affecting the organization as a whole, a committee (such as a Board of Directors) is given the power to make decisions. ... Map of the territory under the British Mandate of Palestine. ...

The committee actively followed the unravelling of the Exodus Jewish immigration ship saga. Some committee members were present at the port of Haifa when the Jewish immigrants were forcefully removed from the ship and deported to Cyprus. They later testified that this had greatly influenced them to find an urgent solution for the problem in Palestine. This article needs to be wikified. ... Jews (Hebrew: יהודים, Yehudim) are followers of Judaism or, more generally, members of the Jewish people (also known as the Jewish nation, or the Children of Israel), an ethno-religious group descended from the ancient Israelites and converts who joined their religion. ... Nickname: Red Haifa Official website: www. ...

Conclusions

Jews were still a considerable minority, constituing only a third of the population and owning roughly 6% of the total land in Palestine. However, the conditions in Palestine were quickly deteriorating and a solution was urgently needed. The definition of a minority group can vary, depending on specific context, but generally refers to either a sociological sub-group that does not form either a majority or a plurality of the total population, or a group that, while not necessarily a numerical minority, is disadvantaged or otherwise has...

Recommendations

The committee recommended that the British mandate should be terminated and Palestine should be divided between the Jews and the Arabs. Jerusalem and Bethlehem were to remain neutral under International control. This recommendation was supported by all but three members of the committee. The minority decision supported a federated one state solution. The committee's decision was the basis of the Partition Plan.

Members

• Australia
  • Mr. J. D. L. HOOD, representative
  • Mr. S. L. ATYEO, alternate
• Canada
  • Justice I. Rand, representative
  • Mr. Leon MAYRAND, alternate
• Czechoslovakia
  • Mr. Karl LISICKY, representative
  • Dr. Richard PEACH, alternate
• Guatemala
  • Dr. Jorge Garcia GRANDEES, representative
  • Mr. E. ZEA GONZALES, alternate
• India
  • Sir Abdur RAHMAN, representative
  • Mr. Venkata VISWANATHAN, alternate
  • Mr. H.DAYAL, second alternate
• Iran
  • Mr. Nasrollah ENTEZAM, representative
  • Dr. Ali AKDALAN, alternate
• Netherlands
  • Dr. N. S.BLOM, representative
  • Mr. A. I. SPITS, alternate
• Peru
  • Dr. Alberto ULLOA, representative
  • Dr. Arturo Garcia SALAZAR, alternate
• Sweden
  • Justice Emil SANDSTROM, representative
  • Dr. Paul MOHN, alternate
• Uruguay
  • Professor Enrique Rodriguez FABREGAT, representative
  • Mr. Secco ELLAURI, alternate
• Yugoslavia
  • Mr. Vladimir SIMIC, representative
  • Dr. Jose BRILEJ, alternate

Ivan Cleveland Rand (April 27, 1884 - January 2, 1969) was a Canadian Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. ...

External links

• Report of UNSCOP - 1947 (including minority proposal)
• Ivan Rand and the UNSCOP papers