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49, adopted on May 22, 1948, considering that the previous resolutions of the

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in respect to

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have not been complied with and that military operations were still taking place in Palestine, the resolution called upon all governments and authorities to abstain from any further hostile military action in Palestine and to that end issue a cease-fire order to their military and paramilitary forces to come into effect at noon, May 24, 1948, New York City local time. The resolution further ordered the Truce Commission for Palestine set up in

United Nations Security Council Resolution 48 United Nations Security Council Resolution 48, adopted on April 23, 1948, called on all concerned parties to comply with United Nations Security Council Resolution 46 and to that end established a Truce Commission for Palestine to assist the Secu ...

to report to the Council on the compliance of the concerned parties with the resolution. The resolution passed with eight votes and three abstentions from the

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, the

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and

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References

Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

* {{UNSCR 1948 0049 0049 1948 Arab–Israeli War May 1948 events

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