Bush, Coleman, and Rupert Murdoch push Annan to make amends (for now). Benny Avni reports in the New York Sun:

Secretary—General Annan worked hard to guarantee that yesterday's special session of the United Nations General Assembly concentrated on Holocaust—related themes, avoiding any attempts to equate the horrors in Europe 60 years ago with current disputes in the Middle East.

His success was apparent as Palestinian Arabs were not mentioned once in scores of speeches, other than a protocol request for the Palestinian Arab observer to join the session. The only allusion to the Israeli—Arab dispute was in a speech by the Jordanian ambassador, Prince Zeid Al—Hussein, the only Arab speaker at the session.

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