Final discussions were being held at the Foreign Ministry here today in preparation for Israel’s policy to be followed by the Government’s delegation to the next United Nations General Assembly, convening September 18.
Michael S. Comay, Israel’s permanent representative at the U.N., has been here for two weeks, participating in the discussions under the leadership of Foreign Minister Golda Meir and a team of high Foreign Ministry officials who will form part of Israel’s Assembly delegation this year.
High on the agenda of the current discussions are the Arab refugee question and the possibility that a group of U.N. members may propose another resolution this year, similar to last year’s unsuccessful draft, calling for direct Arab-Israeli peace negotiations. The refugee issue is slated to face a showdown at the next Assembly because the mandate for the operation of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees is to expire next June 30.
Dispatches printed in the Jordanian press today predicted that the annual report to be submitted to the next Assembly by Dr. John H. Davis, commissioner-general of UNRWA, will claim that all projects aimed at absorption of the Arab refugees have failed because the refugees insist only on “returning” to Israel.
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