Obviously anticipating the usual anti-Israel speeches by Arab delegates at the United Nations General Assembly which is scheduled to open here tomorrow, Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel’s Foreign Minister, said here today that “the United Nations must not be a platform for speeches against the existence of any member state.”
“The day must come,” she said, “when peace must reign between our neighbors and ourselves. This must be done not by compromising the existence of Israel, but making it grow.” She spoke at an Israel bond luncheon tendered in honor of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt for her support of the Israel bond campaign.
Mrs. Meir, who arrived here yesterday to head the Israeli delegation at the UN Assembly, joined in lauding Mrs. Roosevelt’s efforts in behalf of Israel. She presented Mrs. Roosevelt with a plaque consisting of Israel postage stamps depicting the 12 tribes of Israel, Both Mrs. Meir and Mrs. Roosevelt emphasized the importance of Israel bonds for the economic development of the Jewish State.
Arriving with Mrs. Meir to participate in the UN Assembly were also Gideon Rafael, assistant director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry; and Shabtai Rosenne, legal adviser to the Ministry. The other principal members of the Israeli delegation to the Assembly are: Michael S. Comay, Israel’s permanent representative here, who will take over the delegation chairmanship after Mrs. Meir’s departure; Ambassador Arieh Eshel, Mr. Comay’s deputy as permanent representative here; and Ehud Avriel, who is also an assistant director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Alternate representatives on Israel’s Assembly delegation are: Gershon Avner, director of the United States department in the Foreign Ministry; Arthur C. Liveran, head of the Ministry’s international organizations department; Mrs. Shulamit Nardi, a lecturer on the faculty of humanities at Hebrew University; and Shimshon Arad and Miss Hava Hareli, both members of Israel’s permanent mission here.
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