The General Assembly will convene here next Monday to debate the U.S. decision to close the Palestine Liberation Organization’s observer mission to the United Nations, it was announced here Tuesday by a U.N. spokesman.
The Arab states and the PLO requested a special meeting of the General Assembly to discuss the issue last Friday. According to diplomats, the Arabs want the General Assembly to ask the International Court of Justice in The Hague to rule on the decision for closure.
According to a legislation signed by President Reagan on Dec. 22, the PLO mission must be closed by March 31.
The U.S. Justice Department is considering submitting the issue for arbitration. But last week a spokesman said that Attorney General Edwin Meese was unlikely to decide for several weeks which action to take.
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