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11. Citizenship All the residents shall become ipso facto citizens of the City of Jerusalem, unless they opt for citizenship of the State of which they have been citizens or, if Arabs or Jews, have filed the notice of intention to become citizens of the Arab or Jewish State respectively, according to Part I, Section B, paragraph 9, of this plan. The Trusteeship Council shall make arrangements for Consular protection of the citizens of the city outside its territory. 12. Freedoms of Citizens 1. Subject only to the requirements of public order and morals, the inhabitants of the city shall be ensured that the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of conscience, religion and worship, language, education, speech and press, assembly and association, and petition. 2. No discrimination of any kind shall be made between the inhabitants on the grounds of race, religion, language, or sex. 3. All persons within the city shall be entitled to equal protection of the laws. 4. The family law and personal status of the various persons and communities and their religious interests, including endowments, shall be respected. 5. Except as may be required for the maintenance of public order and good government, no measure shall be taken to obstruct or interfere with the enterprise of religious or charitable bodies of all faiths or o discriminate against any representative or member of these bodies on the ground of his religion or nationality. 6. The city shall ensure adequate primary and secondary education for the Arab and Jewish community respectively in its own language and its cultural traditions. The right of each community to maintain its own schools for the education of its own members in its own language, while conforming to such educational requirements of a general nature as the city may impose, shall not be denied or impaired. Foreign educational establishments shall continue their activity on the basis of their existing rights. 7. No restriction shall be imposed on the free use by any inhabitant of the city of any language in private intercourse, in commerce, in religion, in the press or in publications of any kind, or at public meetings. 13. Holy Places 1. Existing rights in respect of holy places and religious buildings or sites shall not be denied or impaired.
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