Word: garreau
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Roger Garreau of France, President of the Trusteeship Council, decided on a broad interpretation of the resolution. He said it would be impossible to apply the resolution if strictly interpreted. He look the realistic stand, "If the two governments which have the power in Jerusalem did not accept the statute for an international city, we could do nothing. We would be completely impotent...
Iraq, a member of the Council, bitterly fought any compromise with the original resolution. The Council finally decided that the Garreau Plan (internationalization only of special areas around holy thrones) strayed too far from the Assembly's vote. Instead, it adopted a "Statute of Jerusalem," a set of administrative regulations, but it has been unable to decide how or when these regulations can go into effect...