UNGA Res. 394 (V): UNCCP to Establish Office on Compensation to Refugees

A Tripartite Declaration, jointly issued by the United States, Britain, and France, guarantees the territorial status quo determined by the Arab-Israeli armistice agreements and undertakes to limit an...

Israel's Knesset passes the Law of Return, which states that every Jew has the right to settle in Israel as an immigrant (or more precisely, as "oleh," a person who "ascends" to Israel).

Adopted shortly after the Absentees' Property Law, this legislation closes the loop of Israel’s appropriation of Palestinian "absentees'' lands and assets.

Egypt and UNRWA sign an agreement relative to UNRWA’s diplomatic status in Egypt and Egyptian-controlled area in Southern Palestine (Gaza Strip).

Having examined the UNRWA report, the General Assembly recognizes that direct relief cannot be terminated and considers that the reintegration of the refugees into the economic life of the Near...

A Memorandum, addressed by the Executive Committee of the General Palestinian Refugee Congress in Lebanon, affirms the refugees' "unflinching hope in their return to their homes, farms and...

Following a complaint by Israel, the UN Security Council finds in Resolution 95 that the Egyptian practice of interfering with the passage through the Suez Canal of goods destined for Israel "is an...

The new constitution annuls both the Jordanian Constitution of 1946 (in force in the East Bank ) and the Palestine Order in Council of 1922 (the "Palestine Constitution" in force in the West Bank ).

The UN General Assembly asked its Palestine Conciliation Commission to continue efforts after it failed to meet its mandate.

The measure endorses the program recommended by UNRWA for the relief and reintegration of Palestine refugees to be carried out over a period of about three years starting from 1 July 1951; it requests...