The Palestine Liberation Organization will ask to be admitted as a member state at the upcoming annual meeting of the World Health Organization, according to diplomatic sources here.
WHO, a United Nations body, convenes its annual conference May 8. If the PLO request is granted, the PLO will then have the right to vote.
The Israeli mission to the European headquarters of the United Nations here is aware of this possibility and has already started to pressure Israel’s friends to oppose the PLO motion.
Israel’s argument against PLO membership in the organization rests on the U.N. charter, which says that only sovereign nations may benefit from member status in the international organization.
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