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...immediate and rapid economic development programs will save the Congo from a new outbreak of hostilities, A. Van Bilsen, a former Belgian advisor to Congolese President Joseph bu, declared last night...
...choosing to worry about "divergent views" rather than real analysis of "national issues" the Yale Political has lamentably ignored all the important questions. Precisely what the U.N. can accomplish; its future in light of a Congo expedition of which many of its wealthier members disapproved; the usefulness of a bond issue; the legitimate scope of its activity; the sort of man U Thant is--appear to be outside the magazine's concern. Y.P. has attracted big names, but it must know by now that active officials with jobs to keep and little time to spare can rarely be counted...
Turning to his work on United Nations financial problems, Chayes said that the brief which his office submitted last week to the International Court of Justice contends that the Charter binds members to pay special assessments including those for the Congo operation. The brief also maintains that failure to pay special assessments for two years should cause the loss of a nation's vote in the General Assembly under Article 19 of the Charter...
Chayes declared that the United Nations bond plan is a way of reducing the proportion of the financial burden for the Congo operation assumed by the United States. Including assessments and voluntary contributions, the United States has paid about 45 per cent of the U.N.'s Congo expenses so far, he pointed...
Strategic Planning. Throughout the session, Burma's U Thant, the man who finally was chosen to take over Hammarskjold's vacant post, performed his difficult task admirably. In the Congo crisis, he was tough and fast on his feet; his quiet diplomacy helped get Indonesia and The Netherlands to agree to negotiate the West New Guinea dispute. Along with respected President Slim, U Thant kept the Assembly serious and businesslike; in many ways, delegates found him more decisive than...