The Arabs suffered a setback here today in their Security Council demand for condemnation of Israel, as a result of the Nov. 13 border clash between Syria and Israel, when a sharp, anti-Israeli censure resolution introduced by Morocco, was practically ignored because there were obviously no backers for the Moroccan draft.
As the Council met again this morning, for the seventh session, to deal with Syria’s and Israel’s cross-complaints arising from the Nov. 13 incident, Dey Culd Sidi Baba of Morocco, the only Arab member of the Council, presented his draft calling for “severe condemnation” of Israel. While Morocco was certain of two votes, those of Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union, neither of the Communist states spoke up to back the Moroccan draft.
Informed by Council president Fermando Ortiz Sanz of Bolivia, that no Council member had requested the floor, Mr. Sidi Baba called for adjournment of the session. Michael S. Comay, Israel’s permanent representative, told the Council that the Moroccan’s view was only an Arab echo of Syria’s complaint against Israel. Shortly after the fiasco faced by the Moroccan, Mr. Crtiz Senz announced that the Council would reconvene on the Syrian-Israeli complaints tomorrow morning.
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