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Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan or European Recovery Program, project instituted at the Paris Economic Conference (July, 1947) to foster economic recovery in certain European countries after World War II. The Marshall Plan took form when U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall urged (June 5, 1947) that Euro... Read more
Jean Monnet
Jean Monnet , 1888-1979, French economist and public official, proponent of European unity. In World War I, Monnet served on the Inter-Allied Maritime Commission, an international committee designed to secure war materials, foodstuffs, and shipping facilities for the Allies. He was later (1919-23) d... Read more
Lilongwe
Lilongwe , city (1994 est. pop. 395,500), S central Malawi, in a fertile agricultural area. The capital of Malawi since 1975, it is an administrative and commercial center. The city was founded in 1947 as an agricultural marketing center. Largely a planned city, government programs in the 1970s and ... Read more
United Nations
United Nations (UN), international organization established immediately after World War II. It replaced the League of Nations . In 1945, when the UN was founded, there were 51 members; 192 nations are now members of the organization (see table entitled United Nations Members ). Organization... Read more
George Catlett Marshall
George Catlett Marshall 1880-1959, American general and cabinet member, b. Uniontown, Pa. A career army officer, Marshall graduated from the Virginia Military Institute. He first distinguished himself as a staff officer in World War I and later (1919-24) was aide to General Pershing . After varied... Read more
Sir Patrick Abercrombie
Sir Patrick Abercrombie 1879-1957, British architect and town planner. Professor of civil design at the Univ. of Liverpool from 1915 to 1935 and of town planning at the Univ. of London after 1935, he acted as consultant in the rebuilding and planning of London, Edinburgh, Bath, and other British ci... Read more
Great Leap Forward
Great Leap Forward 1957-60, Chinese economic plan aimed at revitalizing all sectors of the economy. Initiated by Mao Zedong , the plan emphasized decentralized, labor-intensive industrialization, typified by the construction of thousands of backyard steel furnaces in place of large steel mills. Wi... Read more
Sir Stafford Cripps
Sir Stafford Cripps 1889-1952, British statesman. A brilliant and successful patent and corporation lawyer, he joined the Labour party in 1929 and became solicitor general in 1930, being knighted the same year. He resigned on the formation (1931) of the National government but won a seat in Parliam... Read more
United Nations Development Program
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), agency of the United Nations, established in 1965 to unify the operations of the Expanded Program of Technical Assistance and the United Nations Special Fund, which continued as separate components of UNDP until full unification in 1971. The UNDP is a majo... Read more
no-fault insurance
no-fault insurance type of indemnity plan, usually applied to automobile coverage, in which those injured in an accident receive direct payment from the company with which they themselves are insured. Originated (1947) in Saskatchewan, Canada, no-fault insurance eliminates the need for accident vic... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "1947 UN Partition Plan"

Partition Plans (Palestine)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa PARTITION PLANS (PALESTINE) plans for the territorial division...Palestine. Although the Peel plan was not acted upon, the principle...peacemaking (1937 – 1947). On 29 November 1947, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted in...
Two–State Solution
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...Arab state, but the plan was never implemented...continued Arab rioting. In 1947 the United Nations voted to partition Palestine into Jewish...therefore, accepted the UN partition plan, if...more territory. The 1947 UN partition plan was not...
Arab–Israel War (1948)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...the United Nations (UN) decision in November 1947 to partition the country into a...demonstrations against the UN decision and Jewish...Jewish state in the UN partition plan as well as land beyond...intervened to preempt the plans of Amir Abdullah...
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...Palestinian Arab refugees. The 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine (UN General Assembly Resolution 181 of November 29, 1947) had divided the ex-British...a permanent observer to the UN. Since then, more than 100...
United Nations Special Committee on Palestine, 1947 (UNSCOP)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...endeavors, in February 1947 the British handed...United Nations. In May 1947 the UN General Assembly created...submitted on 31 August 1947, unanimously supported...known as the minority plan) that envisaged Arab...Australia) favored a partition into two separate...
Arab–Israel War (1967)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...withdraw to the borders established in 1947 by the UN partition plan. Hostility to Israel, intensified...Nasser ordered the withdrawal of the UN Emergency Force from its post along...of the West Bank. On 7 June the UN Security Council called for a cease...
West Bank
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...River Jordan and nw of the Dead Sea. It was designated an Arab district in the United Nations' (UN) plan for the partition of Palestine (1947). It was administered by Jordan after the first Arab-Israeli War (1948), but captured by Israel...
United Nations and the Middle East
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...United Nations (UN) has played a prominent...Nations in April 1947. In May, the General...majority recommended a plan of partition. On 29 November 1947, the General Assembly...UNTSO), the first UN peacekeeping operation...Assembly set up the UN Conciliation Commission...
Israel
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...for history pre-1947, see Palestine...Jewish homeland. In 1947, the United Nations (UN) agreed to partition Palestine into an Arab...Arabs rejected the plan. On May 14, 1948...intensified, despite US and UN disapproval. In 1997...
Palestine, West Bank, and Gaza Strip
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...relinquish its mandate and turn the problem over to the United Nations in 1947. That same year, the UN voted to partition Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states, a plan the Arabs did not accept because they wanted all of the territory. The...

Dictionary entries related to "1947 UN Partition Plan"

West Bank
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History West Bank An area of Palestine west of the River Jordan, allocated by a UN Partition Plan of 1947 as a separate Arab state alongside an independent state of Israel. It was occupied by Jordan in 1948, and formally annexed in...
Israel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...independence for Jews and Arabs, and in 1947 returned its Mandate to the UN , which recommended a partition of the country between Jews and Arabs. On the basis of this plan, Ben-Gurion declared Israel's independence...
Pakistan
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...processing. History Prior to 1947, Pakistan formed part...Indian sub-continent in 1947, Pakistan was created...Muslim. The ‘Partition’ of the subcontinent...International Organizations: UN; Commonwealth; Colombo Plan

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Hamas Calls on UN to Rescind 1947 Partition Vote.
Newspaper article from: Israel Faxx; 11/30/2007; 700+ words ; ...to r= escind its 1947 vote that partitioned...On November 29, 1947, the United Nations...Resolution 181, a partition plan that would have created...ternational city, under UN jurisdiction. The...magazine of Dec. 8 1947, reported that a...
Contender for PA chairman wants peace based on 1947 partition plan
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/22/2004; ; 671 words ; ...chairman wants peace based on 1947 partition plan Byline: KHALED ABU TOAMEH...with Israel based on the 1947 United Nations partition...he said. "We want the UN, France, China, and Russia...settlement on the basis of UN Resolution 181, known as...
PA Revises History, Denies 1947 Partition Plan.
Newspaper article from: Israel Faxx; 12/12/2008; 500 words ; ...Media Watch. "In 1977 the UN General Assembly decided...injustice, which happened in 1947, when a 'birth certificate...be established.=94 In 1947, with hundreds of thousands...more seeking homes, the UN offered a partition plan that would split the land...
60 years after UN partition vote. Gillerman appeals for 'coalition of moderates'
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/30/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...2007 Headline: 60 years after UN partition vote. Gillerman appeals for...Nations to rescind the partition plan that was adopted in 1947, UN Ambassador Dan Gillerman on Thursday...General Assembly. On November 29, 1947, the UN voted for Resolution...
Arafat to UN: PA full membership.Annan sends message marking partition vote.
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/30/1997; ; 642 words ; ...marking the 50th anniversary of the 1947 UN partition resolution, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan...by the director-general of the UN office at Geneva, Vladimir Petrovsky, said the vote on the partition plan, following a period of intense...
UN marks partition plan anniversary with anti-Israel fest
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 12/4/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...04-2003 Headline: UN marks partition plan anniversary with anti...criticism this week at the UN General Assembly's annual...passage, on November 29, 1947, of the Partition Plan...Israel's ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman called the...
In bid to counter bias, Gillerman to address UN on partition vote anniversary. Israeli ambassador hopes spirit of Annapolis will create more positive atmosphere at this years commemoration
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/29/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Gillerman to address UN on partition vote anniversary...state. That is what UN Ambassador Dan Gillerman...anniversary of the historic UN vote that set the...anniversary of the UN vote, which recommended...rejected [the partition plan], they would have...worlds, the vote in ...
Uruguay's president celebrates country's anniversary in Jerusalem. Vazquez offers 'greetings and solidarity with the Jewish People' * Peres recalls Uruguay's support for UN partition plan
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/26/2008; ; 562 words ; ...People' * Peres recalls Uruguay's support for UN partition plan Byline: GREER FAY CASHMAN Edition; Daily Section...played in securing the United Nations vote for the partition of Palestine in 1947, Peres said: "This is something we will never...
Partner to Partition: The Jewish Agency's Partition Plan in the Mandate Era
Magazine article from: The Middle East Journal; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; Partner to Partition: The Jewish Agency's Partition Plan in the Mandate Era...internalized this shift. By 1947, when the United Nations...war that followed the UN resolution, albeit not...paving the way for the 1947 UN partition plan and serving...
50 years after the partition plan, the conspiracy continues
Newspaper article from: The Star (Jordan, Middle East); 12/5/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...1997 AS PALESTINIANS marked the 50th anniversary of the 1947 UN partition resolution for Palestine, Israel announced that it will...Palestinian state is no less a reality that it was in 1947 and Jerusalem is the de facto capital of Israel. It...