Although Israel is directly concerned with the problem of controlling desert locusts it has not been invited to a series of UN Food and Agriculture Organization meetings on the subject because the sessions are being held in Damascus, Syria, it was revealed here this week-end.
The FOA disclosed that the Arab League had been invited to send an observer to the sessions, which are planning both next year’s program against the pests and longrange plans for fighting the locust plagues which infest the Arabian Peninsula.
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