Arab nations make new push for peace

Arab nations have asked for a United Nations Security Council ministerial meeting next month to launch a new effort to settle all Arab-Israeli conflicts and restore peace to the Middle East.

In a letter to the council president yesterday, Sudan’s acting ambassador, who currently chairs the Arab Group at the United Nations, asked the council to hold an open meeting between September 19 and 25 when ministers will be in New York for the General Assembly’s annual ministerial session.