Day 529 of 599 of מלחמת העצמאות MILḤEMET HAʾAẒMAʾUT (War of Independence)

Resolution 273 (III) was adopted by 37 in favor, 12 against and 9 abstentions. The president then formally declared admission, and משה שרת MOŜE SHARETT took his place. The expanded admission article distinguishes the May 9 committee recommendation from this plenary decision. The roll call includes support from both the United States of America and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; the English Empire abstained.¹

The summary records:

Israel would regard it as a most sacred trust to keep its doors open to all Jews in need of a home.

That is the official record’s account of משה שרת MOŜE SHARETT’s speech, not a newly supplied verbatim recording. It places immigration and the safety of יהודים YEHUDIM alongside the responsibilities of membership. A statement of purpose still needs immigration records to establish outcomes for individuals.²

SR.53 is headed 10 a.m. in Lausanne but refers to news of admission before the New York plenary opened at 3 p.m. Possible explanations include later drafting or confusion with the earlier recommendation. The reference cannot establish admission at that morning meeting’s stated start. The commission discussed its proposed working basis and future meetings; the corresponding signatures remain May 12 events.³⁴ The catalog of a newsreel dated May 11 can locate further evidence, but the film has not been viewed here and supplies no claimed image sequence or quotation.⁵

The civil date May 11 is secure in A/PV.207. This recap and the inherited admission ID use daytime י״ב באייר ה׳תש״ט 12th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5709. The New York session opened at 3 p.m. and closed at 8 p.m.; without the exact vote clock, י״ג באייר ה׳תש״ט 13th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5709 remains an after-sunset alternative for the admission event. The recap slot is not a claim that every act occurred before sunset. Lausanne’s internally problematic reference cannot override the plenary chronology.⁶⁷⁸

• What did admission add to the restored state’s international position without settling borders or refugee remedies?
• Which timed record could resolve the vote’s Hebrew date and the Lausanne morning record’s inconsistent reference?