Event · Colonial rule24 July 1922

The British Mandate is approved

إقرار الانتداب البريطاني

Exact day24 July 1922

Palestine

The League of Nations approves the British Mandate for Palestine. Its formal entry into force follows in September 1923.

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  • PlacePalestine

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Before the Mandate

British military control followed the First World War. The military administration and the later legal Mandate are distinct periods.

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The formal framework

The League of Nations approved the Mandate on 24 July 1922. It formally entered into force on 29 September 1923. The cited 1947 UN report recounts this sequence.

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document · United Nations

Mandate text and the Balfour Declaration · UN meeting record

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document · United Nations

UN Special Committee on Palestine · 1947 report

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Dates & remembrance

24 July 1922 · day

07-24 · occurrence
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