UN Security Council Debates Jordanian
Complaint Against Israel Afforestations
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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—
A long-standing Jordanian com-
plaint against Israel's affores-
tation in the Jerusalem area
was taken up by the UN Se-
curity Council Wednesday. The
British and United States dele-
gations Tuesday presented a
joint resolution calling for the
following steps:
1. The afforestation work
should be suspended until the
Jordan-Israel Mixed Armistice
Commission has made a sur-
vey—limited to two months—
of civilian activities in the
zone.
2. The chief of the UN Truce
Organization should be directed
by the Security Council to
regulate activities - within the
zone embracing Israel's affores-
tation area.
3. The chief of the UN truce
body should be instructed to
direct Israel not to use Arab-
owned properties while Arabs
are not to be permitted to use
Israel-owned properties. He
should also be authorized to
make a survey of property
records in the area to deter-
mine ownership.
4. Both Jordan and Israel
should be ordered "to remove
or destroy all their respective
military facilities and installa-
tions in the zone."
The resolution was inter-
preted by most observers here
as a slight appeasement of
Jordan without any actual
harm to Israel.
From the outset it was evi-
dent that most members of the
Council felt as does the Israel
delegation that the Jordanian
eomplaint is so petty as to hard-
ly deserve the attention of the
Council. Koto Matsudaira, Ja-
pan's representative, who took
his place at the Council table
Wednesday for the first time,
clearly hinted his feeling about
the Jordanian complaint. In a
general statement on the Coup-
s duties, he reminded the
11-member body that its job is
to act as an organ of last resort
on "only matters of real im-
portance."
The Anglo-American resolu-
tion, which was backed in
speeches by Henry Cabot Lodge
and Sir Pierson Dixon, heads of
the Washington and London
delegations respectively, puts
the afforestation project under
the jurisdiction of the chief of
staff of the UN Truce Super-
vision Organization. After stat-
ing that neither state may use
property in the disputed area
owned by nationals of others
prior to 1948, the resolution in-
structs the chief of staff of
UNTSO to make a survey of
property records . to determine
ownership.
Pierre de. Vaucelles, deputy
chaiman of the French dele-
gation, came to the defense
of Israel in connection with
the property ownership
clause, telling the Council
that the UNTSO chief of staff
is being assigned a task he'
could not carry out. The
French delegate also ex-
pressed regret that the resolu-
tion fails to mention that ac-
tually Israel has already sus-
pended its tree-planting proj- •
ect in the controversial zone.
However, M. de Vaucelles
said he would vote for the
resolution.
Israeli Human Rights Bill
Opposed by Religious Groups
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guarantee to each person in
Israel his right to belief, profes-
sion and advocacy of any re-
ligion he desires, and secures
to him the right to change that
religion in a fashion fixed by
law.
Other important sections of
this bill of rights grant full
equality to men and women and
to children born in and out of
wedlock. Freedom of unde-
stricted movement within the
country is also , guaranteed, as
is the protection of the person,
his honor and his good name.
The right to work is also guar-
anteed.
JERUSALEM. — The Israel
government submitted to the
Knesset's legislative committee
a draft of • a human rights bill
of 48 articles which, if adopted,
would become part of Israel's
basic constitution.
The draft opens with a guar-
antee that "all persons shall be
equal in rights and duties," and
another one that there "shall
be no discrimination whatsoever
because of race, color, sex, lan-
guage, religion, nationality, po-
litical opinions, social status or
Other differences."
The bill provides "equal pro-
tection of life, property and
right of persons" and includes
important guarantees of re-
ligious freedom which report-
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
edly have already drawn fierce
objections from Israel's relig- new Soviet Ambassador to
ious parties. These provisions Israel will be Michael F. Bod-
orov. Foreign Ministry officials
here are familiar with him be-
if You Turned the
cause, as Soviet Ambassador to
•y • Li • ri
Bulgaria, he negotiated with
Israel officials for the resump-
dpside Down You Won't
tion of Israel-Soviet diplomatic
Find a Finer Wine Than
relations in 1953.
Observers here are inclined
to view Bodorov's appointment
as a friendly gesture on Mos-
cow's part and are inclined to
speculate over the possibilities
that his coming will mark the
opening of a more cordial phase
in Israel-USSR relations.
Meanwhile, Israel Foreign
Minister Golda Meir tendered
a farewell dinner for. Bodorov's
predecessor, Ambassador Alex-
ander Abramov, who has left
for home after completing his
tour of duty here.
He came to Israel in 1953
when the USSR resumed dip-
lomatic relations with Israel
after an eight-month break
which followed a hand grenade
explosion in the garden of the
Soviet Embassy.
Present at the dinner were
senior Foreign Ministry offi-
cials and Mrs. Vera Weizmann,
widow of Israel's first Presi-
dent.
Bodorov Is New
Envoy to Israel
Kadhim M. Khalaf of Iraq
was the only member at the
Wednesday morning session to
attack Israel, accusing it of
"flagrant violation" of the 1949
armistice agreement.
UN Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold, at a general
press conference previously
scheduled, said that the affor-
estation dispute between Israel
and Jordan belongs properly in
the Security Council rather
than in the sphere of "quiet
diplomacy." Hammarskjold had
been asked whether the dis-
pute would not have been
handled better in private talks
like those in which Dr. Fran-
cisco Urrutia of Colombia held
between Israel and Jordan re-
garding the Mt. Scopus issue.
"The cases are not similar,"
Hammarskjold stated. "In the
Mt. Scopus case there is the
1948 agreement between the
two governments and when I
was recently in the Middle
East I obtained the consent of
both governments to revert to
that agreement. In instances
such as this there is plenty of
scope for quiet diplomacy. In
the other case is a controversy
involving differing legal views
on both sides. Therefore this
issue between Jordan and Is-
rael is one for arbitration
rather than mediation."
Jordan's complaint regarding
Israel's afforestation project
had been bracketed in the
Security Council with an Is-
raeli grievance against Jordan's
failure to implement three im-
portant articles of the Israel-
Jordan Armistice Agreement of
1949. Now that it seems likely
that the Security Council may
adopt the U.S.-British resolu-
tion, it is up to Israel to press
for Council debate on its com-
plaint. That complaint involves
demands for basic steps to
transform the armistice agree-
ment into peace talks on a
face-to-face basis.
Hammarskjold was a s k e d
whether the present quiet
along the Israel-Arab borders
might not be in fact a prelude
to further hostilities. He re-
plied: "There are always Cas-
sandra" who fear the rain when
the sun is shining. I cannot
understand why there should
be such fear now. General
Moshe Dayan has spoken of
quietness along the borders. It
is good to hear such an expres-
sion and it is always pleasant
to receive confirination of one's
own impressions."
Hammarskjold denied, in
answer to another question,
that there is any .basis to
rumors that efforts are being
made to get . Israel and Jordan
to agree on rectification of
their borders where villages
have been cut asunder by the
1949 armistice agreement.
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