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Israeli Official Answers on their Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website: JERUSALEM AND THE HOLY PLACES">JERUSALEM AND THE HOLY PLACES - Reply to the UN Resolution 181, 1948 The Status of Jerusalem">The Status of Jerusalem, 14 March 1999"V. There is no basis for a 'Corpus Separatum' status for Jerusalem A. There is no basis in international law for the position supporting a status of 'Corpus Separatum' (separate entity) for the city of Jerusalem. This concept originated in a proposal contained in the UN General Assembly Resolution 181">General Assembly Resolution 181 of November 1947, which dealt with the partition of the British Mandate of Palestine. It should be recalled that the idea was a non-binding proposal, which never materialized, having become irrelevant when the Arab states rejected the UN Resolution, and invaded the fledgling State of Israel. B. There has never been any agreement, treaty, or international understanding which applies the 'Corpus Separatum' concept to Jerusalem. C. For these reasons, Israel views the 'Corpus Separatum' solution as nothing more than one of many inappropriate historical attempts made to examine possible solutions for the status of the city." United Nations Official Documents: QUESTION OF AN INTERNATIONAL REGIME FOR THE JERUSALEM AREA AND PROTECTION OF THE HOLY PLACES">QUESTION OF AN INTERNATIONAL REGIME FOR THE JERUSALEM AREA AND PROTECTION OF THE HOLY PLACES
Special Report of the Trusteeship Council, NEW YORK, 1950
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