Israel told a plenary session of the General Assembly here today that it supports the Italian proposal for the appointment of a committee to study Communist China’s attitude toward admission of the Peking regime to membership in the United Nations.
Ambassador Michael S. Comay, Israel’s permanent representative to the United Nations, and chairman of the delegation to the Assembly, made the statement at the Assembly during the debate on China’s representation. He also said that, in the opinion of the Israeli delegation, the admission of Communist China is “an important question.” As an important question, the move requires a two-third majority in the Assembly, rather than the simple majority needed for a procedural issue.
Later, after a series of votes, in all of which Israel cast its ballots alongside the United States, Israel voted with the majority against a draft resolution which would have admitted Communist China and would have expelled the Taiwan regime. The vote against that resolution was 57, with 46 in favor and 17 abstentions.
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