The United Nations Conciliation Commission was created by UN-resolution 194, in order to conclude the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. On 11 December 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the proposal to set up the committee with delegates of three nations. France, Turkey and the United States were eventually selected.
The commission met separately with Israeli and Arab governments from 12 to 25 February 1949; met with Muhammad Nimr al-Hawari of the General Refugee Congress (GRC) Palestinian Arab refugee delegation in Beirut from 21 March; met Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv on 7 April; and then proposed the 1949 Lausanne Conference. After the failure of that conference, the Conciliation Commission continued for some more years, but did not achieve any significant succes.
The Conciliation Commission succeeded the assassinated UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte.
Read more about United Nations Conciliation Commission: Establishment, Table of Reports, Reports of Preceding Mediator
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