Three members of the special committee investigating human rights in Israeli-occupied territories will meet with newsmen tomorrow at the United Nations before departing for Europe and the Middle East on March 30 to continue hearings. The meeting, a UN spokesman said, was to appraise the news media of the committee’s findings to date and to detail the itinerary. The committee has been meeting in New York all week. The special committee, which was set up by the General Assembly, is expected to be in Beirut on April 5, in Damascus on April 9, in Amman on April 13, and in Cairo on April 19. The group is also scheduled to visit Geneva toward the end of April to begin preliminary work on its report and to hold additional hearings as necessary, according to a UN spokesman. A statement issued by the committee noted that it “has scheduled a visit to the occupied territories following its hearings in Cairo which are expected to conclude by April 22. It (the committee) continues to hope that the government of Israel will cooperate in making this visit feasible.” Israel has criticized this committee for its failure to conduct an investigation of the condition of Jews in Arab countries and limiting its probe exclusively to conditions in the occupied territories.
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