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...Bush administration is now teeing up an "Adlai Stevenson moment." That's diplomat-speak for the instant in which a U.S. official trumps all naysayers at the United Nations by hauling out graphic, incontrovertible evidence that its enemy is lying. Stevenson, as President John F. Kennedy's UN ambassador in 1962, slam-dunked the Soviets during a heated Security Council debate by producing satellite photographs that disproved Moscow's denials that missiles had been stationed in Cuba. Secretary of State Colin Powell hopes to produce a similar effect when he presents U.S. evidence against Iraq at a special session...
...ELECTED. NAJAT AL-HAJJAJI, Libya's Ambassador to the United Nations, as head of the 53-nation Human Rights Commission; in Geneva. In a secret ballot, 33 countries voted for al-Hajjaji despite strong opposition from the U.S., which condemned Libya for its human-rights record...
...inspection teams, Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, that while Iraq has not made "a serious effort" to comply substantively with inspectors' requests, the teams probably will not produce a smoking gun by Jan. 27. That disclosure emboldened several key states to wobble, including faithful Britain. Its ambassador to the U.N., Jeremy Greenstock, told reporters to "calm down" about Jan. 27 and insisted "more time" is needed for an adequate inspection process. British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who faces an insurrection within his party if he signs up for a U.S. campaign that lacks the U.N.'s blessing, was reported...
...Clintonian in its evasiveness. But the signals were mixed from North Korea as well. There was hard-line talk in public about a "holy war" with the U.S., even as North Korean diplomats were meeting privately in New Mexico with Governor Bill Richardson, formerly President Bill Clinton's U.N. ambassador, who in turn was in constant touch with Powell. That gave a clue to what Kim wants: bilateral talks with the U.S., on a regular basis. "We discussed issues very frankly," Richardson said, "but in a positive atmosphere." And that may be Pyongyang's goal. --By Marguerite Michaels and Stewart...
DIED. C. DOUGLAS DILLON, 93, well-connected Wall Street financier, diplomat and lifelong Republican who served as Treasury Secretary under two Democratic Presidents (Kennedy and Johnson) and ambassador to France under a Republican (Eisenhower); in New York City. Dillon was an Under Secretary of State when he was tapped to lend bipartisan heft to J.F.K.'s Cabinet. At Treasury he advocated successfully for free trade and tax cuts and spearheaded Kennedy's economic-development program in Latin America. Although he was born to wealth and influence (he was the scion of the international banking house Dillon, Read & Co. and enjoyed...