The United Nations General Assembly by a vote in which opponents and abstainers far outnumbered supporters today adopted an Arab-Communist bloc resolution that placed blame for the problem of the Palestinian Arab refugees on Israel’s “denial of their inalienable rights under the Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. The resolution called for Security Council action to enforce General Assembly and Security Council resolutions dealing with the refugee problem and the territories occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War.
The Assembly, with Israel abstaining, also adopted an American resolution describing the refugee situation as continuing to be a matter of serious concern and warning of the “critical financial position” of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. It adopted unanimously a Scandinavian-sponsored resolution calling for continuation by UNRWA of “humanitarian assistance” to the refugees.
The Moslem-Communist resolution of which Somalia was the chief sponsor, was adopted as a procedural matter and thus did not require a two-thirds majority vote. The United States voted against the resolution.
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