Editorial Note
The Ad Hoc Political Committee made its report to the General Assembly on December 7; for its text, see United Nations, Official Records of the Fourth Session of the General Assembly, Plenary Meetings of the General Assembly, Annex to the Summary Records of Meetings, 1949 (hereinafter identified as GA, 4th sess., Plenary, Annex), page 35. The report included two draft resolutions adopted by the Committee for consideration by the General Assembly. One concerned the questions of an international regime for the Jerusalem area and of the protection of the Holy Places, the Committee adopting the recommendations of Subcommittee 1 by a vote of 35 to 13, with 11 abstentions. [Page 1528] The second draft resolution dealt with the question of assistance to the Palestine refugees, which the Committee adopted by 48 votes to none, with 6 abstentions. For the texts of the two draft resolutions, see GA, 4th Sess., Plenary, Annex, pages 38 and 39. For the proceedings of the Committee from December 5 to 7, see GA, 4th sess., Ad Hoc Political Committee, pages 339–368.