Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...legal counsel Carl-August Fleischhauer told a U.N. committee the United States was violating the 1947 U.S.-U.N. Headquarters Agreement, which requires the host country to grant visas to people invited by the United Nations...
...agreement does not contain a reservation of the right to bar the entry of those who represent, in the view of the host country, a threat to its sovereignty and security," the lawyer added. His conclusion was disputed by U.S. officials...
...Committee on Relations with the Host Country, which Fleischhauer addressed, also heard other speakers condemn the U.S. decision. The chairman, Ambassador Constantine Moushoutas of Cyprus, said in a summation "the vast majority" of speakers felt the United States had violated the Headquarters Agreement, but the committee took no action...
...Such a decision is incompatible with the obligations of the host country under the Headquarters Agreement. If maintained, this action is likely to complicate and render more difficult the further debates on the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East in the current session of the General Assembly...
...Trade Representative. Last week's numbers notwithstanding, the trade deficit remains a major threat to the domestic economy. The next trade rep, with fast-track negotiating powers, will face a thorny round of talks with members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the need to continue pressing Japan and other U.S. trading partners to open more of their markets to American exporters...