"It recalls for many of us the abhorrent resolution equating Zionism with racism that this very same General Assembly once adopted."

As President Bush considers calling for a repeal of the resolution equating Zionism and racism in his address here on Monday, American diplomats have already begun seeking support for such a move at the General Assembly session now under way, officials involved in the effort say.

Many Americans have been angered by such General Assembly actions as resolutions equating Zionism with racism and frequent attacks on Israel.

There were absurd resolutions which have since been resigned, such as the resolution equating Zionism and racism.

Optimism for Solutions The session may also see a American-led drive to repeal the Assembly's controversial 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism, as the United States prepares to convene a Middle East peace conference in October.

Arab nations are seeking to delay an American drive at this year's United Nations General Assembly session to repeal the 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism until they see how well the proposed Middle East peace conference is going.

In another matter of concern to the Israelis, a senior White House official said today that President Bush would call for the United Nations to repeal the General Assembly's 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism as part of his annual address to the Assembly on Monday.

This criticism came to light after the 2001 Durban Conference, where some nongovernmental organizations funded by the foundation backed resolutions equating Israeli policies as apartheid, and later, against those groups which support the delegitimization of Israel.

The decision to tone down the resolution on Israel's relations with South Africa is important, Israeli diplomats said, because it is used to help justify the United Nations' 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism.

It is credited with a leading role in the U.N. reversal of its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism.