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The report of this sub-committee was submitted when the Committee resumed its meetings at the beginning of the third week, and was in the following form : Report of Sub-committee 6 on the Terms of Reference for the Special Committee on the Question of Palestine (Document A/C.l/171) " Sub-committee 6 of the First Committee held its third meeting on Saturday, 10 May, 1947, at 3.00 p.m., and considered the proposal, submitted by the representatives of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, India, Philippine Republic, Iraq, and Poland (Documents A/C.l/166, 167, 168, 169, and 170), and its first report to the First Committee (Document A/C.l/165). " The following text is submitted by the sub-committee for the consideration of the First Committee. Where the sub-committee was unable to agree unanimously, alternative texts are included. " Whereas the General Assembly of the United Nations has been called into Special Session in pursuance of the request of the Government of the United Kingdom for the purpose of constituting and instructing a Special Committee to prepare for the consideration at the next regular session of the Assembly of the future government of Palestine, ■"The General Assembly resolves that : "1. A Special Committee be created for the above-mentioned purpose consisting of the representatives of "2. The Special Committee shall have the widest powers to ascertain and record facts, and to investigate all questions and issues relevant to the problem of Palestine, " 3. The Special Committee shall determine its own procedure, " 4. The Special Committee shall conduct investigations in Palestine, and, wherever it may deem convenient, receive and examine written ■or oral .testimony, whichever it may consider appropriate in each case, from the mandatory Power, from representatives of the population of Palestine, from Governments, and from such organizations and individuals as it may deem necessary.

5a " The Special Committee shall bear in mind the principle that independence for the population ■of Palestine should be the purpose of any plan for the future of that country. 5c " The Special Committee shall bear in mind the principle that independence for the population •of Palestine should be the ultimate purpose of any plan for the future of that country.

5b " The Special Committee shall be guided by the principle that independence for the people of Palestine should be the purpose of any plan for the future of that country. 5d " The Special Committee shall be guided by the principle that the independence of Palestine should be the purpose of any plan for the future of that country.