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PLAIN TRUTH February 1974
CANTHE U.N.
BRING PEACE
TOTHE
MIDDLE EAST?
Achieving a Middle East cease–
fire was difficult. Creating a
permanent peace wi/1 be even
more so. Can the United Na–
tions meet the cha/lenge?
by
Keith W. Stump
S
INCE THE
creation of the state of
Israel by the United Nations
in late 1947, the world organi–
zation has been frequently involved
in
efforts to quell hostilities and ease
tensions between Israel and her
Arab neighbors.
Scores of speeches have been de–
livered. Numerous resolutions have
been passed. But a permanent set–
tlement to the Middle East problem
has eluded the United Nations for a
quarter century.
The U.N. Acts
In the early moming hours of Oc–
tober 22 - seventeen days after the
outbreak of the fourth Middle East
war - the United Nations Security
Council adopted a joint U.S.-Soviet
sponsored resolution (Resolution
#338) caUing for a Middle East
cease-fire within 12 hours of its pas–
sage. The Security Council vote was
an overwhelming 14 to O, with the
People's Republic of China
charging "big power collusion" -
refusing to vote.
Later the same day, both Egypt
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