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United Nations (JTA) —
Israel's ambassador to the
United Nations joined the
U.N. observer from the
Palestine Liberation Organ-
- ization for an informal lunch
on the eve of the opening of a
General Assembly session
that is likely to sweep away
decades of anti-Israel resolu-
tions.
The meeting between Gad
Yaacobi, Israel's permanent
representative to the United
Nations, and Nasser Al-
Kidwa, the Palestinian per-
manent observer, one day
before the opening of the
48th annual General
Assembly, was arranged and
hosted by Egyptian Ambas-
sador Nabil Elaraby.
Egypt, along with the
United States and Russia,
the two co- sponsors of the
Madrid-launched peace pro-
cess, has agreed to help up-
date, defer or eliminate the
anti-Israel resolutions that
the General Assembly until
last year passed like
clockwork to overwhelming
Soviet- and Arab-backed
majorities.
Mr. Yaacobi asked Kidwa
to lend a hand to the effort as
well.
The two diplomats also
discussed putting forward a
positive U.N. resolution,
which would applaud the re-
cent Israeli-PLO accord and
call for funds for the devel-
opment of the territories.
Mr. Yaacobi has said he is
interested in a "working re-
lationship" with the PLO at
the United Nations. But he
has stressed that he will be
no less vigilant in insisting
that U.N. bodies treat the
PLO in accordance with its
observer status in the world
body, rather than as a full-
fledged member.
But the Yaacobi-Kidwa
meeting heralds a dramatic
shift from the days when the
PLO's anti-Israel rhetoric
was the centerpiece of
United Nations activity and
an Israeli diplomat could not
get his hand shaken in the
U.N. corridors.
The anti-Israel tide at the
United Nations began to
turn in 1991, with the col-
lapse of the Soviet Union,
the formation of a Western
coalition in the Persian Gulf
War and the opening of Mid-
dle East peace talks in
Madrid.
This was seen most dra-
matically with the repeal
that year of the 1974 resolu-

tion equating Zionism with
racism.
Last year, many of the
most egregious anti-Israel
resolutions were toned down
or not even put to a vote. On
several votes, the number of
abstentions equaled the
number of supporters.
Now Mr. Yaacobi expects
that "this year, perhaps, we
will defer or change or elim-
inate some more."
In an interview with the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
shortly before the historic
Israeli-PLO accord was

Gad Yaacobi:
U.N. representative

signed in Washington, Mr.
Yaacobi was looking forward
to a changed climate at the
General Assembly.
"Who will endorse the
resolution calling for an
international peace con-
ference on the Middle East,
which year after year is be-
ing recycled in the General
Assembly? Who will endorse
the resolution about the
uprising of the Palestinian
people?" he asked rhetor-
ically.
"All those resolutions and
many others will become
visibly irrelevant in the eyes
of many member states," he
said.
In a foreign policy address
at Columbia University,
U.S. Secretary of State
Warren Christopher called
on the United Nations to
revoke "resolutions that
challenge Israel's very right
to exist."
If, as the Israeli and PLO
officials discussed, the Gen-
eral Assembly passes

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