Editing History of Jordan (section)

===Establishment===
On 17 January 1946 the British Foreign Secretary, [[Ernest Bevin]], announced in a speech at the General Assembly of the United Nations that the British Government intended to take steps in the near future to establish Transjordan as a fully independent and sovereign state.<ref>http://images.library.wisc.edu/FRUS/EFacs/1946v07/reference/frus.frus1946v07.i0017.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929005228/http://images.library.wisc.edu/FRUS/EFacs/1946v07/reference/frus.frus1946v07.i0017.pdf |date=2018-09-29 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> The [[Treaty of London (1946)|Treaty of London]] was signed by the British Government and the Emir of Transjordan on 22 March 1946 as a mechanism to recognise the full independence of Transjordan upon ratification by both countries' parliaments. Transjordan's impending independence was recognized on April 18, 1946, by the [[League of Nations]] during the last meeting of that organization. On 25 May 1946 the Transjordan became the "'''Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan'''" when the ruling 'Amir' was re-designated as 'King' by the parliament of Transjordan on the day it ratified the Treaty of London. 25 May is still celebrated as independence day in Jordan although legally the mandate for Transjordan ended on 17 June 1946 when, in accordance with the Treaty of London, the ratifications were exchanged in Amman and Transjordan gained full independence.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/docs/pdf/1946/TS0032.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004033332/http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/docs/pdf/1946/TS0032.pdf |archive-date=2018-10-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> When King Abdullah applied for membership in the newly formed [[United Nations]], his request was vetoed by the [[Soviet Union]], citing that the nation was not "fully independent" of British control. This resulted in another treaty in March 1948 with Britain in which all restrictions on sovereignty were removed. Despite this, Jordan was not a full member of the United Nations until December 14, 1955.

[[File:Suleiman Mousa typewriter.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Suleiman Mousa]] (1919–2008), pioneer in the modern history of Jordan and Arab Revolt.]]

In April 1949, after the country gained control of the West Bank, the country's official name became the "'''Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan'''".<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last= Bickerton |first= Ian J. |title= Transjordan, the Hāshimite Kingdom, and the Palestine war |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Ababsa |first= Myriam |title= The Hashemites and the Creation of Transjordan |pages= 212–221 |work= Atlas of Jordan: History, Territories and Society |publisher= Presses de l'Ifpo, Institut français du Proche-Orient |series= Contemporain publications |year= 2013 |location= Beirut |isbn= 9782351593783 |quote= ... the creation of the Kingdom of Jordan in 1949... |url= http://books.openedition.org/ifpo/5010 |access-date= 5 February 2015 |archive-date= 5 February 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150205053835/http://books.openedition.org/ifpo/5010 |url-status= live }}</ref>