The 12th annual session of the United Nations General Assembly opens here tomorrow to discuss various world problems, including some affecting Israel directly, Ambassador Abba Eban, head of Israel’s delegation, conferred today with UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold for a full hour in connection with the Assembly’s agenda.
No details of their talk was revealed. All that Mr. Eban said after the conference was that he and Mr. Hammarskjold engaged in a “full exchange of views. ” Mordecal Kidron, deputy head of the Israel delegation to the UN, was also present at the conference.
Israel Foreign Minister Mrs. Golda Meir is arriving here tomorrow. Her presence will not only add strength to the Israel delegation but will also aid in the implementation of the delegation’s plans for this year’s session. Those plans, it is understood, involve three principle objectives, which are:
1. Maintenance of the status quo along the Egyptian and Gaza Strip borders. Israel is interested in the continued deployment of the United Nations Emergency Force along the lines it occupies now on the Gaza Strip frontier and at Sharm el Sheikh on the shore of the Gulf of Akaba.
2. Use of the United Nations as a forum for the exposition of Israel’s basic attitudes regarding ultimate peaceful relations with all its Arab neighbors.
3. Use of the opportunity presented here for deepening and broadening of Israel’s relations with many members. As of today, there is a certainty that at least 42 foreign ministers and cabinet ministers from member nations will attend this year’s Assembly, in addition to Mrs. Meir. The presence of Israel’s Foreign Minister here will give the Israel delegation a rare opportunity for contacting many of the foreign ministry heads on the highest level.
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