Secretary General Kurt Waldheim sent an invitation this morning to the Palestine Liberation Organization observers at the UN to be part of the audience when President Carter addresses the General Assembly Thursday and at the reception that will follow. A United Nations spokesman said today that Waldheim’s decision was reached after consultation with the United States Mission to the UN. All representatives with observer status who have offices in New York were also invited. The PLO has an office in Manhattan.
Meanwhile, members of the Security Council, who held informal consultations today, decided to accept Egypt’s request for a debate on Waldheim’s report on his recent Mideast mission, but no date for the meeting was set and it is not likely that the meeting will take place before next month because the Council will be dealing with the question of South Africa and Benin.
Egypt had previously asked for a Security Council meeting on a complaint of delay in reconvening the Geneva peace conference. It was understood that the debate to which the Council agreed today will include that complaint. This afternoon. Israeli Ambassador Chaim Herzog met with Waldheim at the Secretary General’s request to discuss the situation in the Middle East.
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