Highly qualified sources reported here today that the United States has drafted a Security Council resolution calling for the dispatch of a special representative of Secretary-General U Thant to the Middle East, to assist the Arabs and Israelis in solving their dispute according to principles based on President Johnson’s statement of last June 19th.
These principles, contained in the preamble to the draft resolution, deal with the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and end to belligerence, free passage through international waterways, and the solution of the Arab refugee problem. The resolution will be submitted to the Security Council when it reconvenes, presumably later this week.
A spokesman for the British delegation here said today that “it is a fair bet that the Security Council will meet this week, despite the lack of progress among the 10 non-permanent members on a resolution for the Middle East.” He said that intense negotiations took place this weekend, including meetings between the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, Vasily Kuznetzov, and Lord Caredon, the British representative, as well as with Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg, chairman of the United States delegation.
In a related development, today, Pakistan, Algeria, Senegal, Hungary and Paraguay were elected as non-permanent members of the Security Council for two-year terms, commencing on January 1,1968. They will replace Argentina, Bulgaria, Japan, Mali and Nigeria.
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