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DRAFT PROPOSAL OF THE USSR DELEGATION AT THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE QUESTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL STATUTE OF JERUSALEM AND THE PROTECTION OF HOLY PLACES

July 15, 1949

Sov. secretly

Whereas the General Assembly of the United Nations, in its resolution of November 29, 1947, decided that the city of Jerusalem, whose boundaries are established in accordance with the provisions of this resolution, should be established as a separate entity enjoying a special international regime and be under the United Nations Office;

Whereas the General Assembly has entrusted the Trusteeship Council with the responsibility of establishing a permanent international regime for Jerusalem and has entrusted the Trusteeship Council with administering the City of Jerusalem on behalf of the United Nations;

Whereas the Trusteeship Council has already done significant work in shaping the international regime of Jerusalem and is the most appropriate organ of the United Nations for this purpose, as well as for administering the city on behalf of the United Nations;

The session of the United Nations General Assembly DECIDES:

1. Instruct the Trusteeship Council to complete and approve, during the fourth session of the General Assembly, the permanent international statute of Jerusalem and to retain the right to administer Jerusalem on behalf of the United Nations.

2. Instruct the Trusteeship Council to provide for the protection of holy sites in the International Statute of Jerusalem, as an integral part of the International Statute of Jerusalem, and also provide for the protection of holy sites in Palestine outside the established borders of Jerusalem.

3. Provide in the International Statute of Jerusalem:

a) The integrity of the city as an independent unit with the simultaneous provision of local autonomy for the Jewish and Arab population of Jerusalem within the framework of the international statute.

6) Broad democratic freedoms for the city's population, including freedom of religion and worship, freedom of access to holy places, freedom of conscience, language, education, speech, press, organizations, meetings, petitions, etc.

c) Free democratic elections to the Legislative Council of the city, consisting of 40 people, of whom 18 are elected by Jews, 18 by Arabs, and the remaining 4 members are freely elected from other ethnic groups of the city's population.

d) Free democratic elections to local autonomous bodies, their subordination to decisions of the General Legislative Council and orders of the governor arising from the rights assigned to him under the international statute of Jerusalem.

e) The procedure for appealing against decisions of the governor, decisions of the local court.

4. Invite the Trusteeship Council to appoint, within five months, a suitable governor to exercise administrative authority in accordance with the international statute of Jerusalem.

5. Make it the responsibility of the governor to immediately report to the Security Council on all threats or acts of aggression against Jerusalem in order to take appropriate measures to ensure the peace and security of Jerusalem.

6. Request the Security Council to urgently consider and decide on the immediate and complete withdrawal of all armed forces from Jerusalem in order to carry out the complete demilitarization of the city and thereby enable the implementation of the international statute in the spirit of the General Assembly decision of 29 November 1947.

WUA RF. F. 0118. Op. 2.P. 3.D. 13.L. 132-134.