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May 9, 1947

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U.N. ASKED TO SET JEWISH HOMELAND AS BASIS OF INQUIRY; Dr. A.H. Silver, Representing Agency of Palestine, Cites Eminent Authors of Plan FOR INTERIM IMMIGRATION He Urges Assembly Group to Look Into DP Camps -- Russia Would Enter Inquiry U.N. ASKED TO SET HOMELAND AS BASIS

By Clayton Knowlesspecial To the New York Times

Pol and Security Com hears Rabbi A H Silver as Jewish Agency repr; hearing described; 4 delegates query Silver on issues; questions to be answered at coming hearing; Arab Higher Com accepts bid to hearing; subcom named to consolidate 3 proposals for instructing inquiry com; Ben Gurion arrives, NYC

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Yukiya Amano

1947Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat (died 2019)[โ€ ]

Yukiya Amano was a Japanese diplomat, who served as the Director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1 December 2009 until his death on 18 July 2019. Previously, Amano served as an international civil servant for the United Nations and its subdivisions.