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United Nations (JTA) —
Egypt's U.N. Ambassador,
Dr. Nabil Elaraby, defended
his country's opposition to
repealing U.N. General
Assembly resolution 3379
equating Zionism with
racism, saying that issues at
the heart of the Arab-Israeli
conflict should be kept off
the U.N. agenda as long as
the peace process launched
in Madrid is proceeding.
This consideration also
mandates the freezing of an-
ti-Israel measures, such as
the traditional challenge to
Israel's credentials at the
world body, Mr. Elaraby told
the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency in a recent inter-
view.
But a resolution calling for
a nuclear-free zone in the
Middle East remains ap-
propriate for the agenda,
said the ambassador.
The resolution, drafted by
Egypt with Israeli input,
was approved by committee
last week and is expected to
be approved by consensus in
the General Assembly.
Egypt also backed a more
pointed resolution sponsored
by the other Arab countries,
on "Israel's nuclear
arsenal." Israel and the
United States opposed that
resolution.
The ambassador, who
headed the Egyptian delega-
tion in the Taba talks with
Israel from 1986 to 1989,
assumed the New York post
this year, after four years at
the U.N. in Geneva.
He said the nuclear issues
are not "under the direct
consideration of the peace
talks. This is a factual,
necessary element for the
future of the area, that all
countries, on the same
footing, should declare that
they are not producing
nuclear weapons."
What should be left to the
peace talks, said the ambas-
sador, are "all matters
which one would say are the
elements of the peace set-
tlement," as delineated by
Security Council resolutions
242 and 338, the basis of the
Madrid conference. This in-
cludes the disputed ter-
ritories occupied by Israel.
The various ramifications
of the resolutions, said the
ambassador, "are being
taken care of, they have
been referred to, by the par-
ties (in the Arab-Israeli
dispute). Each have stated
their position on them in
Madrid, and we expect them
to be taken up again when
talks resume."
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The Egyptian asserted
that Resolution 3379 is real-
ly about the occupied ter-
ritories, rather than the
categorical denunciation of
Jewish nationalism as
understood by the Israelis
and most observers.
"What does Zionism
mean? Does Zionism mean
the occupied territories? We
recognized Israel as a free
state in the 1967 borders,
and have no problems with
that," he said.
"But as long as someone in
the Soviet Union can come to
the occupied territories, and
a Palestinian sitting outside
for 20 years cannot," then
Zionism is wrong, he said.
Repealing the resolution
"would create a lot of bad
blood unless an accord takes
"But as long as
someone in the
Soviet Union can
come to the
occupied
territories, and a
Palestinian sitting
outside for 20
years cannot,"
then Zionism is
wrong.
place." After waiting 16
years, Israel can wait a cou-
ple more, he said.
Egypt is believed to be the
leading obstacle to the
repeal, which U.S. President
George Bush affirmed as an
American goal in his
September address to the
General Assembly.
As the only Arab country
that has recognized Israel,
Egypt is positioned to take
the leadership on the issue
— in either direction.
While Jewish organiza-
tions say that a simple head
count of U.N. member states
would probably yield .a
majority favoring the resolu-
tion's repeal, an Egyptian
resolution to keep a U.S. in-
itiative from a vote could
win wide support, par-
ticularly from countries who
would rather not go on
record siding against either
the U.S. or Arab wishes.
Egypt is said to be under
particular pressure to stick
with the Arab consensus, be-
cause one of two leading
candidates to succeed Secre-
tary General Perez de
Cuellar at the end of the
year is the Egyptian deputy
prime minister for foreign
affairs, Boutros Ghali. With
that high-profile position at