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...pivotal factor in the pullout decision may have been Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, UNESCO'S Senegalese director-general, whose autocratic style made negotiation difficult. In a recent meeting in Paris with Jean Gerard, U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO, M'Bow seemingly accused Gerard of racism, telling her that she could not treat him as she was accustomed to treating Americans "who come from the same continent...
...Newell's announcement, the Administration left open the possibility of rapprochement, saying that the U.S. would rejoin the 160-nation group "when UNESCO returns to its original purposes and principles." As a practical matter, that may not be until 1987, when a successor to the combative M'Bow is chosen. Newell said, however, that the U.S. will establish an "observer mission" in Paris to monitor UNESCO activities...
...under taken. The decision came after a Cabinet argument in which Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, insisted that Britain take a firmer stand against UNESCO's financial mismanagement and anti-Western bias. Its director-general, Senegal's Amadou Mahtar M'Bow, has annoyed the U.S. and Britain by, among other things, promoting a plan under which UNESCO would set standards for international news reporting. Western news organizations believe that the scheme would lead to increased state control of the press...
...negotiating opportunities, or the civilian leadership at Weinberger's Pentagon, which believes that almost any agreement with the Soviets would freeze the U.S. into a position of inferiority. By taking the initiative with Reagan, says a State Department official, Shultz fired "a shot across Weinberger's bow. If he can get the guidelines fixed now, Weinberger won't be able to stymie him so much...
After that initial bow to foreign affairs, Rajiv concentrated on restoring order and confidence to Indian life. He lost no time in establishing a commission of inquiry, headed by a Supreme Court justice, to investigate the slaying of his mother. He visited the ravaged, riot-torn areas of his capital in a tour that the pro-Gandhi National Herald declared "had an efficacious and reassuring impact on the morale of the people." Then, in answer to chilling claims that the police had simply shrugged their shoulders or looked away while the bloodbath continued, the new Prime Minister fired the Lieutenant...