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December 23, 1948 (Thursday) The Battle of Hill 86 ended in Egyptian tactical victory after Israeli forces retreated. Yugoslavia and Britain signed a one-year trade agreement worth $120 million US after Yugoslavia promised to compensate British owners of Yugoslavian factories that had been nationalized.
The Universal Declaration was adopted by the General Assembly as UN Resolution A/RES/217(III)[A] on 10 December 1948 in Palais de Chaillot, Paris. [45] [b] Of the 58 United Nations members at the time, [46] 48 voted in favour, none against, eight abstained , [47] [48] and Honduras and Yemen failed to vote or abstain.
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On 11 December 1948, 12 months prior to UNRWA's establishment, United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 was adopted. The resolution accepted the definition of Palestinian refugees as "persons of Arab origin who, after 29 November 1947, left territory at present under the control of the Israel authorities and who were Palestinian citizens ...
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