The following consists of summary compilations of Security Council resolutions, adopted since 1948 that deal with the Palestine question; the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, since 1967; illegal Israeli practices; Israeli attacks against Palestinian targets, including the invasion of Lebanon of 1982; and attempts and principles for the achievement of peace in the Middle East.
The compilation does not include resolutions dealing with other important aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict such as lack of compliance with the Armistice Agreements of 1949; several Israeli attacks against Arab targets, including Gaza (Egyptian Army), Lake Tiberias, Holah, Beirut Airport and other parts of Lebanon; the establishment of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) and the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), as well as the extension of their mandates along with the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Southern Lebanon (UNIFIL); and the situation in other occupied Arab territories such as the Syrian Golan. For the full text of the resolutions, please visit the site of the United Nations Information System on Palestine (UNISPAL) at (address).
� SC Resolution 42 (1948) of 5 March 1948 [Adopted at 263rd meeting (8-0-3) (3 abstentions were Argentina, Syria, United Kingdom)]
Calls on all permanent members of the Council to make recommendations regarding guidance and instructions to be given to the Palestine Commission with a view to implementing General Assembly resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947; and appeals to all governments and peoples, particularly in and around Palestine, to take all possible action to prevent or reduce such disorders as are occurring in Palestine.
� SC Resolution 43 (1948) of 1 April 1948 [Adopted at 277th meeting - unanimously]
Notes the increasing violence and disorder in Palestine and believes that it is of the utmost urgency that an immediate truce be effected in Palestine; calls upon the Jewish Agency for Palestine and the Arab Higher Committee to make available representatives to the Security Council for the purpose of arranging a truce; and calls upon Arab and Jewish armed groups in Palestine to cease acts of violence immediately.
� SC Resolution 44 (1948) of 1 April 1948 [Adopted at 277th meeting (9-0-2) (2 abstentions were Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, U.S.S.R.)]
Requests the Secretary-General, in accordance with Article 20 of the United Nations Charter, to convoke a special session of the General Assembly to consider further the future government of Palestine.
� SC Resolution 46 (1948) of 17 April 1948 [Adopted at 283rd meeting (9-0-2) (2 abstentions were Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R.)]
Calls upon all persons and organizations in Palestine to immediately cease all military activities, as well as acts of violence, terrorism and sabotage; to refrain from any political activity which might prejudice the rights, claims or positions of either community; to refrain from any action endangering the safety of the Holy Places in Palestine and from any action which would interfere with access to all shrines and sanctuaries. Requests the Government of the U.K., as the Mandatory Power, to supervise the execution of these measures and to keep the Security Council and the General Assembly informed on the situation in Palestine; and calls upon all governments, particularly those neighboring Palestine, to assist in the prevention of entry into Palestine of armed bands, fighting groups and individuals and weapons and war materials.
� SC Resolution 48 (1948) of 23 April 1948 [Adopted at 287th meeting (8-0-3) (3 abstentions were Colombia, Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R.)]
Establishes a Truce Commission for Palestine to assist the Security Council in supervising the implementation by the parties of resolution 46 (1948).
� SC Resolution 49 (1948) of 22 May 1948 [Adopted at 302nd meeting (8-0-3) (3 abstentions were Syria, Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R.)]
Calls for abstention from any hostile military action in Palestine; calls upon the Truce Commission and upon all parties concerned to give the highest priority to the negotiation and maintenance of a truce in the City of Jerusalem; and calls upon the parties to facilitate the task of the U.N. Mediator for Palestine.
� SC Resolution 50 (1948) of 29 May 1948 [Adopted at 310th meeting (Draft was voted on in parts, no vote taken on text as a whole.)]
Calls for a cessation of all military activities for four weeks; urges all governments and authorities concerned to take every possible precaution for the protection of the Holy Places and the City of Jerusalem; instructs the U.N. Mediator for Palestine in concert with the Truce Commission to supervise the observance of these provisions; and decides that they should be provided with a sufficient number of military observers. Decides that if the resolution is rejected by either party or both, the situation in Palestine will be considered with a view to action under Chapter 7 of the Charter of the U.N.
� SC Resolution 53 (1948) of 7 July 1948 [Adopted at 331st meeting (8-0-3) (3 abstentions were Syria, Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R.)]
Addresses an urgent appeal to the parties to accept the prolongation of the truce for such period as maybe decided in consultation with the Mediator.
� SC Resolution 54 (1948) of 15 July 1948 [Adopted at 338th meeting (7-1-3) (1 against was Syria, 3 abstentions were Argentina, Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R.)]
Determines that the situation in Palestine constitutes a threat to the peace within the meaning of Article 39 of the Charter of the U.N.; orders all governments and concerned authorities to desist from further military action; declares that failure to do so would lead to further action under Chapter 7; orders as a matter of urgent necessity an immediate and unconditional cease-fire in Jerusalem; and instructs Mediator to continue efforts towards the demilitarization of Jerusalem
