Hard-pressed by the possibility of a peace pact between Israel and Transjordan, leaders of the Arab League, which comprises all other Middle East States, are reported here to be planning to reestablish the grouping as a regional alliance within the terms of the United Nations charter.
Though there is no physical link between regional arrangements and the world body, such a move would apparently have the purpose of increasing the prestige and stature of the till now loosely-knit league of Arab states and of giving it the appearance of an “official” security instrument in that area, as the organization of American states is regarded in the Western Homisphere.
The “official” look would come from the fact that, although no act of recognition by the U.N. takes place, the Charter gives indirect recognition to such self-proclaimed arrangements by requiring the Security Council to utilize them for the pacific settlement of disputee and even for enforcement measures. The regional groups, in turn, are under obligation by the terms of the Charter to keep the Council informed of all their security activities.
It is reported that Mahmoud Fawzi Bey, Egypt’s permanent U.N. delegate, who has just returned from Cairo, has brought instructions to inform the General Assembly that the League considers itself a Charter-recognized regional arrangement and will carry out the functions prescribed for each organizations by the Charter. Such a step, if taken, would be regarded as a strategy move by the League to improve its position in the political power game now engaging the nations of the Middle East.
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