A United Nations legal conference passed a resolution calling on the UN General Assembly to consider extending diplomatic immunity and privileges to representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization. It asked the same rights for all liberation organizations recognized by the Organization of African Unity or the Arab League which have observer status with an international organization.
The resolution was passed Friday on the last day of a six-week conference convened by the UN General Assembly to draw up a convention on the relationship of government missions and delegations to international organizations. It was the first UN conference to which the PLO was invited.
Israel, together with the U.S., France, Britain and West Germany, voted against the resolution; 53 nations, mostly the East European bloc and Third World countries, supported the resolution, and 15 abstained. The resolution recommended that all UN members grant such privileges immediately while the General Assembly’s action is pending.
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