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Press Release PAL/539

29 November 1949

ISRAEL, JORDAN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS ON SINGLE

DEMARCATION LINE FOR JERUSALEM

(The following has been received at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters

from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Press Officer in Jerusalem.)

Discussion between Israel and the Hashemite Jordan Kingdom, aimed at establishing a single demarcation line between the two countries in Jerusalem, have begun in the Jordan-Israeli Mixed Armistice Commission and in the Commission's Special Committee.

The purpose of these negotiations is to dissolve the still existing areas of no-man's-land in the Holy City and its environs.

At today's meeting, both parties received a proposal worked out by United Nations observers for an equitable partition of the area around Government House in which the United Nations Palestine Headquarters are located.  The agreement that such a demarcation line should be proposed by United Nations observers had been reached by Israel and Jordan in a previous meeting of the Mixed Armistice Commission.

Both parties agreed today that they would submit the proposal to their respective governments for detailed study.

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Document Type: Press Release
Document Sources: United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Subject: Jerusalem, Palestine question, Peacekeeping
Publication Date: 29/11/1949