”I think it is clear now that we won't achieve all of the objectives that we set for ourselves this week,” Canadian United Nations Ambassador Allan Rock said Monday night.
Most of the world's 170 leaders are converging on the U.N. for a summit that was meant to breathe new life into the world body, which is under fire for scandals and inner strife.
Israel's U.N. Ambassador Dan Gillerman had been optimistic that the U.N. will change its definition of terrorism, which currently does not include killing civilians as part of "resistance to occupation" or for "national liberation movements." Third World members insisted that the U.N. recognize the rights of citizens of occupied states to use violence.
Instead, world ambassadors are expected to settle on a tepid agreement. "What we can say now is that we will have a document that will reflect what is politically possible right now among 191 members," German Ambassador Gunter Pleuger said.
Israel and American Jewish leaders were hoping for reforms in the U.N. Human Rights Commission, which includes several countries which are known violators of human rights. However, China, Egypt and other countries objected to the creation of a new council out of fear that it might expose their own human rights abuses, according to the Toronto Globe & Mail newspaper.
A more difficult objective is eliminating funding of various U.N. committees such as the "Committee on Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People" and the "Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices."
Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said more meetings are being held with officials.
"This year, the stakes are higher. What happens now could have a much longer term impact," he stated.
Ambassador Gillerman admitted that it will be difficult to reduce the number of anti-Israeli resolutions the General Assembly passes every year, but he added that the Western European countries in the U.N. have allowed Israel to be a candidate to join the bloc.
Most of the world's 170 leaders are converging on the U.N. for a summit that was meant to breathe new life into the world body, which is under fire for scandals and inner strife.
Israel's U.N. Ambassador Dan Gillerman had been optimistic that the U.N. will change its definition of terrorism, which currently does not include killing civilians as part of "resistance to occupation" or for "national liberation movements." Third World members insisted that the U.N. recognize the rights of citizens of occupied states to use violence.
Instead, world ambassadors are expected to settle on a tepid agreement. "What we can say now is that we will have a document that will reflect what is politically possible right now among 191 members," German Ambassador Gunter Pleuger said.
Israel and American Jewish leaders were hoping for reforms in the U.N. Human Rights Commission, which includes several countries which are known violators of human rights. However, China, Egypt and other countries objected to the creation of a new council out of fear that it might expose their own human rights abuses, according to the Toronto Globe & Mail newspaper.
A more difficult objective is eliminating funding of various U.N. committees such as the "Committee on Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People" and the "Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices."
Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said more meetings are being held with officials.
"This year, the stakes are higher. What happens now could have a much longer term impact," he stated.
Ambassador Gillerman admitted that it will be difficult to reduce the number of anti-Israeli resolutions the General Assembly passes every year, but he added that the Western European countries in the U.N. have allowed Israel to be a candidate to join the bloc.