Word: cordovez
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rebel statement was issued shortly before the arrival in Islamabad of U.N. Under Secretary-General Diego Cordovez, who has mediated at the previous eleven rounds of Geneva talks between the Afghan and Pakistani governments. Yunis Khalis, chairman of the loosely knit alliance of seven mujahedin groups, refused to meet Cordovez. He accused the U.N. official of presiding over negotiations designed "to recognize the Kabul puppet government" and demanded that Moscow bargain directly with the rebels...
...preparation for the next round of talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which are set to begin in Geneva in June, U.N. Under Secretary General Diego Cordovez has been trying to put together a comprehensive plan. It would include 1) the withdrawal of the 105,000 Soviet troops now in Afghanistan, 2) the repatriation of the Afghan refugees in Pakistan and an additional million who are in Iran, and 3) a guarantee of Afghanistan's right to self-determination without external interference in its internal affairs. Last month, Cordovez declared that an accord...