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be provided for Arabs and Jews
alike, and that the powers OF the
joint economic board be strength
ened. Any solution which this COM
mittee recommends should not only
be Just, but also workable and of a
nature to command the approval of
world opinion.
7. The United States delegation
desires to make certain observa-
tions on the carrying out of such
recommendations as the General
Assembly may make regarding the
future government of Palestine
The General Assembly did not, by
admitting this item to its agenda
undertake to assume responsibility
for the administration of Palestine
during the process of transition tc
independence. Responsibility for
the government of Palestine now
rests with the mandatory power
The General Assembly, however
would not fully discharge its obi
CATION if it did not take carefully
into account the problem of i'm
fermentation.
8. Both the majority report and
the statement of the United King
dom representative in this commit
tee raise the problem of carrying
into effect the recommendation OF
the General Assembly. We note
for example. that the majority re-
port indicates several points at
which the majority thought the
United Nations could be of assist
ance. 1t was suggested that the
General Assembly approve certain
steps involved in the transitional
period, that the United Nations
guarantee certain aspects of the
settlement concerning holy places
and minority rights, that the eco
nomic and Social Council appoint
three members of the Joint Eco
nomic Board, and that the United
Nations accept responsibility as ad-
ministering authority of the city of
Jerusalem under an international
trusteeship.
May Need Police Force.
9. The United States is willing to
participate in United Nations pro-
gram to assist the parties involved
in the establishment of a workable
political settlement in Palestine. We
refer to assistance through the
United Nations in meeting economic
a nd f1pe pcio1 y,rohla,,oe ,od ~. ,,..k
lem OF internal law and order dur
ing the transition period. The latter
problem might require the establish
ment of special constabulary or
police force recruited on a volunteer
basis by the United Nations. We do
not refer to the possibility of viola
tions by any member of its obliga-
tions to refrain in its international
relations from the threat or use of
force. We assume that there will
be charter observance.
10. In the final analysis the prob
lem of making any solution work
rests with the people of Palestine. If
new political institutions. are to en-
dure, they must provide for early as
sumption by the people. themselves
of the responsibility. for their own
domestic order. Acts of violence
against constituted authority and
against rival elements of the local
population have appeared in Pales-
tine over a period of many years and
have greatly increased the difficult
ties of finding a workable solution to
this complex problem. Certain ele-
ments have resorted to force and
terror to obtain their own particular
aims. Obviously. this violence must
cease If independence is to be more
than an empty phrase in the Holy
Land.
IL. Mr.. chairman, we must now
consider how this committee is to
take the next step in dealing with
this question. If the committee
favors the principles of the majority
plan, we should establish a subcom-
mittee to work out the details Of a
program which we could recommend
to the General Assembly.
IL. The recommendations reached
by the General Assembly will repre-
sent the collective opinion of the
world. The problem has thus far
defied solution because the parties
primarily at interest have been un-
able to reach a basis of agreement.
This is a problem in the solution OF
which world opinion can be most
helpful.