Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gromyko (rhymes with Topeka) was the man who, even more than Harry Truman, had made Americans veto-conscious. There had been ten Russian vetoes in 14 months; no other power had ever vetoed the will of the Council majority. Two weeks ago came veto No. 11. The majority of U.N...
Andrei & the Wolf. Said Gromyko, in effect: the Greek Government is to blame for all the border troubles. Foreign military missions (meaning the U.S. and British) must be withdrawn. Foreign economic aid (meaning U.S.) must be subject to a commission that included Russia. Otherwise the situation would end in the...
Cried the U.S.'s Herschel Johnson: "So . . . the innocent little Slavic-Albanian brothers . . . are menaced by this wicked fascist Greek wolf. It is curious and almost like a fairy tale come to life." The councilors went through their paces like actors in a tediously familiar tragedy of manners. They voted...
¶ ECOSOC (Economic & Social Council) was riding off in all directions. Its Narcotic Drugs Commission discussed the establishment of a commission to investigate the effects of the coca leaf-chewing habit, prevalent in some Latin American countries. Its Committee on One Day's Pay Proposal was proposing a committee to...
¶ UNSCOP (Palestine Commission) was holding closed meetings in Geneva.