Jorge García Granados

[3] At the time of the vote on the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, Granados organized a lobby of Central and South American countries to support the partition plan.

[4] In 1956, Guatemala became the first country to open an embassy in Jerusalem, with Granados appointed as the first ambassador.

The Israeli cities of Jerusalem and Ramat-Gan named streets to honor Granados.

Garcia Granados wrote about his experience serving on the UNSCOP in his book, The Birth of Israel: The Drama as I Saw It.

In the book, Granados describes his youth, his time in political exile from Guatemala during the reign of military dictatorships, the achievements of the Zionist movement during the British mandate on Palestine, and the events surrounding the creation of Israel.