The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a hearing for tomorrow on a proposal that the United Nations extend its mandate for its emergency force in Sinai to six months. The UN Security Council voted last Thursday to extend the UNEF mandate for three months ending July 24. The Senate proposal would also seek to extend to six months the UN peace-keeping force on the Golan Heights. The proposal was introduced April 9 by Sen. William Brook (R. Tenn.) and co-sponsored by eight others, including Sen. John Sparkman (D.Ala.), the committee’s chairman, and Dale Bumpers (D.Ark.).
In the Security Council meeting, China and Iraq did not participate. The other 13 members of the Council voted for the three-month extension. Previous extensions had been for six months. The resolution on extension said the Council was concerned “over the prevailing state of tension in the (Mideast) area.” The UN body called on the parties concerned to implement promptly Resolution 338. UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim is to report to the Council, when the extension date expires, on developments in the area and measures taken to implement the Council’s call for a settlement.
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