Summary
The General Assembly resolution of 11 May 1949 admitting Israel to membership in the United Nations, acting under Article 4 of the Charter on the Security Council’s recommendation, after noting Israel’s declaration that it unreservedly accepts the Charter obligations and, recalling the resolutions of 29 November 1947 and 11 December 1948, taking note of the Israeli representative’s declarations and explanations before the ad hoc Political Committee on implementation of those resolutions (Resolution 273 (III): Admission of Israel to membership in the United Nations, PDF p.1).
Details
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Operative paragraph 1 decides that Israel is a peace-loving State which accepts the obligations contained in the Charter and is able and willing to carry out those obligations; operative paragraph 2 decides to admit Israel to membership in the United Nations (PDF p.1).
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The operative paragraphs state no conditions; the recalled resolutions and the implementation declarations appear only in the preamble, and the content of those declarations is incorporated by reference to documents A/AC.24/SR.45-48, 50 and 51, not reproduced in the resolution (PDF p.1; source page, Open questions).
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The United Nations study quotes the resolution in full and comments that its preamble’s references to resolutions 181 (II) and 194 (III) — the former having created Israel and the yet non-existent Palestinian Arab State, the latter having preserved the right of return — carried implications of Israeli acknowledgement of the continuing existence of a Palestinian Arab entity, which had nonetheless not come into existence (Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: Part II (1947-1977), lines 905-936 approx.; note 87/).
Related pages
Resolution 273 (III): Admission of Israel to membership in the United Nations, UN General Assembly Resolution 181, UN General Assembly Resolution 194, Israel