The American Jewish Congress said today that United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim has “disqualified” himself for re-election to that post by intimating that Israel’s rescue action at Entebbe violated Ugandan sovereignty and suggested “a call for his prompt resignation.”
Howard M. Squadron, senior vice-president of the AJCongress, charged that Waldheim’s statement that he regards the Israeli action as a violation of Uganda’s national sovereignty was a “shockingly partisan act, a classic case of a candidate for re-election pandering to the numerical majority whose votes he seeks.”
Accusing Waldheim of a “rush to judgement,” Squadron said the Secretary General’s “refusal to recognize Uganda’s complicity in the hijacking and its aftermath and his eagerness to appease the UN majority and abandon his proper role of neutrality and objectivity among the member states, disqualify him from re-election to his post.” Squadron added, “Indeed, we believe his action merits a call for his prompt resignation from that sensitive post.”
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