Discussions on P.L.O. expected to end today
PA Wellington The special committee considering issues involved in the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s bid for observer status with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank is expected to complete its business about midday today. An official statement on; progress made by the com-; mittee is expected to be re-i leased by the Prime Minister! (Mr Muldoon). The discussions are secret,! but rumours have picked on; the Swedish delegation as; the focus of pressure in the! meeting.
Nigeria, Yugoslavia, Pakistan, and Indonesia are backing the Palestinian case, with opposition coming from Belgium, France, and West Germany. In some of the votes at an .earlier meeting at Manila, Sweden voted with the “Third World”! group. !
The meeting in Wellington got a taste • of the Muldoon leadership style yesterday. Eight countries are represented at the meeting, which is chaired by Mr Muldoon in a personal capacity. New Zealand is not formally represented.
“The chairman is very insistent,” commented the head of the German delegation, Mr G. Laske, as he went into the meeting yesterday morning.
As a result of Mr Muldoon’s forcing the pace, the meeting did not need to resume after dinner last evening as some other delegates had feared.
i The rumours speak of ! Sweden’s changing its vote lat Wellington and lining up ! the meeting 4:4. Much has ;been made of Mr Muldoon’scasting vote in this situation, but that may not ultimately sway the joint board of governors who will consider the committee’s report. The discussions are following the complexities of a text on the interpretation of the by-laws. The result will! be a simple yes or no to the) P.L.O. but the meeting is ap-| proaching the issue in this! roundabout fashion.
! Arrangements are being made to fly home the body of Mr Martin Shivnan. a World Bank official who died in his hotel before the meeting began. He is believed to have died of natural causes.
Discussions on P.L.O. expected to end today
Press, 23 January 1981, Page 2
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