At the fourth session, he served as chairman of the ad hoc Political Committee of the Assembly.
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"Recalling " its resolutions of 29 November 1947 and 11 December 1948 and taking note of the declarations and explanations made by the representative of the Government of Israel before the Ad Hoc Political Committee in respect of the implementation of the said resolutions,
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In the hearings before the Ad Hoc Political Committee that considered Israel's application for membership in the United Nations, Abba Eban said that the rights stipulated in section C . Declaration, chapters 1 and 2 of UN resolution 181 ( II ) had been constitutionally embodied as the fundamental law of the state of Israel as required by the resolution.
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Likewise, Law Professor Ruth Lapidoth wrote that " a careful scrutiny of the text of Israel's application for membership and the discussions that took place in the Ad Hoc Political Committee and in the plenary session of the General Assembly show that no such commitment was made; nor did the General Assembly's Resolution on the admission of Israel impose upon her an obligation to implement that Resolution ".