The 43rd session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council now in session here accepted a request from the Soviet delegation today that the session agenda be enlarged to include a new item about the “responsibility of Israel for the economic damage” to “Arab and other peace-loving states by its aggression” in the June war.
The announcement of the Soviet request was made by the president for the session, Milan Klusak of Czechoslovakia. The Soviet document declared that Israel “must repay the full value of what it has destroyed and must return all the property it has seized. It must do this in the shortest possible time. Israel also bears responsibility for the economic damage inflicted on other peace-loving states as a result of its aggressive action.”
A proposal demanding that Israel pay indemnities to the Arab states for war destruction was incorporated in a draft resolution submitted to an emergency session of the General Assembly by Soviet Premier Kosygin. It was rejected by the session on July 4.
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