A letter from Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel’s Foreign Minister, requesting that Israel be admitted to full membership in the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, was circulated today to the delegates attending the opening meeting of the Commission’s 21st session. The letter was circulated to the 300 delegates from 34 countries by U Nyun, of Burma, executive secretary of ECAFE.
Mrs. Meir stated in her request that Israel is entitled to full membership in ECAFE because, as an Asian state, it is “an integral part of the continental area within which the Commission operates.” The Arab states have, thus far, successfully kept Israel from ECAFE membership. She asked that action on Israel’s membership be taken at the current session, scheduled to last until March 29.
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