While Jewish Agency cooperated with UNSCOP in its deliberations, the Arab Higher Committee decided to boycott it.
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No members of the UNSCOP endorsed a One-state solution as recommended by the Arab Higher Committee and on 29 September Mr Jamal al-Husayni Vice president of the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine (AHCP) acting for the AHPC announced opposition to the UN partition plan
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Dr Able Hillel Silver, Chairman of the American Section of the Jewish Agency, made the case for a Jewish State to the Ad Hoc committee on Palestine and announced on behalf of the Jewish Agency acceptance of 10 of the eleven unanimous recommendations of the UN partition plan and rejection of the minority report.
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A direct descendant of Miguel García Granados, the leader and philosopher of the liberal revolution in the 19th century, Granados was the ambassador of his country to the United Nations and a member of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP).