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56, adopted on August 19, 1948, having received communications from the

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concerning the situation in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

the Council directed the attention of the Governments and authorities to

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. The Council decided that all parties involved were to bear direct responsibility for all of their regular and irregular forces, that they were to use all means available to prevent the truce from being broken and that any group or subject that did was to be given a speedy trial. The

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also decided that no party would be able to violate the truce on the grounds of retaliation for another violation and that no party would be entitled to gain military or political advantages through the violation of the truce. The resolution was voted on in parts. As such, no vote took place on the whole of the resolution.

References

Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

* {{UNSCR 1948 0056 0056 20th century in Jerusalem 1948 Arab–Israeli War August 1948 events

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