Editorial Note

The First Committee, on December 4, adopted the second revised British draft by 25 votes to 21, with 9 abstentions (GA, 3rd sess., Pt. I, First Committee, Summary Records, 1948, pages 923–924; for text, see GA, 3rd sess., Pt. I, Annexes, 1948, page 532).

Later the same day, the Committee rejected the Soviet and Syrian draft resolution (see editorial note, page 1628), as well as a second Syrian draft resolution calling on the International Court of Justice to furnish a legal opinion as to the power of the General Assembly to partition Palestine and as to the international status of Palestine upon the termination of the British Mandate (for text, see GA, 3rd sess., Pt. I, [Page 1644] First Committee, Annexes, 1948, page 88). For the votes on the three draft resolutions, see GA, 3rd sess., Pt. I, Summary Records, 1948, pages 930–933.