The World - News from Aug. 30, 1989

The World Tourism Organization voted to shelve the issue of Palestinian membership until 1991. Delegates to the organization’s general assembly in Paris approved by a 40-34 vote a U.S. motion to postpone any decision on the issue. Other members of the 107-member organization were either absent or abstained. There was no immediate reaction from Palestine Liberation Organization officials. Since the PLO declared a state of Palestine last November, publicly renouncing terrorism and recognizing Israel, it has tried to gain entry to two other U.N. agencies--the World Health Organization and the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Both agencies also voted to shelve the requests.