ISRAEL JOINS THE
UNITED NATIONS
Israel became the member of the United Nations on
May 1949. the preamble to the resolution admitting Israel to the United Nations
membership specifically referred to Israel’s undertaking to implement General
Assembly resolutions 181 (II) and 94 (III), the two resolutions that formed the
centre of the Palestine issue in the United Nations.
“Having received the report of
the security council on the application of Israel for membership in the United
Nations,
“Nothing that in the judgment of
the security council, Israel is peace- loving state and is able and willing to carry out the obligations
contained in the charter,
“Nothing that the Security
Council has recommended to the General Assembly that it admit Israel to membership in the United
Nations,
“Noting furthermore the
declaration by the state of Israel
that it ‘unreservedly accepts the obligations of the United Nations Charter and
undertake to honor them from the day when it becomes a member of the United
Nations’,
“ Recalling its resolutions of 29th
November 1947 and 11th December 1948 and taking note of the
declarations and explanations made by the representatives of the government of
Israel before the ad hoc political committee in respect of the implementation
of the said resolutions,
“The General Assembly,
“Acting in discharge of its
functions under article 4 of the Charter and rule 125 of its rule of procedure,
“ 1. Decide that Israel is a
peace – loving state which accepts the obligations contained in the charter and
is able and will to carry out those obligations;
“2. Decides to admit Israel
to membership in the United Nations. “
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