In 1932, Iraq became independent and joined the League of Nations after the British mandate ended.
Some six months earlier in November 1947 the UN voted for the partition of Palestine under British Mandate into two states, one Arab and one Jewish.
Born in 1938 in what was then Palestine under the British mandate, Sheikh Yassin's political views were forged at a time of humiliation and defeat for Palestinians.
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The creation of such a situation was exactly the intent of Haj Amin al-Husseini, the mufti of Jerusalem and foremost Arab political and religious leader in Palestine under the British mandate.
Nearby, across a broad wooden deck that surrounds the cooling water ramp, stands a British Mandate-era lighthouse, erected in 1936, its cement chipped away by the salt air to reveal a crosshatch of bare rebar.
London's mayor has the biggest personal mandate in British politics.
That agreement was superceded by another which established a mandate system of French and British control, sanctioned by the new League of Nations.
The League of Nations' letter of mandate for Britain specifically enjoined the British to facilitate Jewish immigration to the land of Israel.
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But the Newfoundland and British Columbia cases are outside the commission's mandate.
In the parliamentary debate, British government spokesmen insisted on the importance of a UN mandate for military action, and on the narrow goal of disarming Iraq.
As part of its mandate, the UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) reviewed and endorsed the British Arab Centre's application, as well as supporting them during the application process.
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