Israel informed the General Assembly here this weekend that it will vote in favor of a pending resolution, introduced by 42 of the United Nation’s 99-members, declaring the UN’s determination that independence be granted to all colonial countries and people.
The statement was made at a plenary session of the Assembly by Michael S. Comay, chairman of Israel’s delegation. He declared that the draft resolution “touches the deepest sentiments and the most venerable sentiments of the people of Israel,” pointing out that “thousands of years ago, we were struggling for our independence against the great colonial empires of the ancient world.” There can be no question, he affirmed, that “the contemporary policies and outlook of the two major colonial powers, Britain and France, are based on an honorable desire to bring their colonies to self-rule.”
The Israeli delegation chief warned the UN, however, that any new state’s proclamation of independence “is not an end, but only a beginning. He cited Israel’s policy of aid to new states toward developing their resources, and said Israel fully supports the efforts of new states to achieve progress in the social, economic and cultural fields. He called upon the more affluent states to help in these directions.
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