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...that may be wishful thinking. U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar insists that a new Security Council resolution would be required to empower the organization to take part in Operation Haven. Any such resolution might well be vetoed by the Soviet Union or China. They would be afraid of setting a precedent for intervention that one day could be applied to the Baltic republics or Tibet...
...Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar condemned reported Allied attacks on civilian traffic...
...through their achievements have brought great pride to members of their ethnic group and other Americans. Two of the finest examples of distinguished guests who have participated in our cultural recognition program are Dr. Lauro F. Cavazos, former U.S. Secretary of Education (Leverett House) and Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary General of the United Nations (Quincy House). At our request, these and other distinguished guests took time from their busy schedules to spend the day with our undergraduate students...
Trying to prevent such a showdown is now primarily a job for anyone but the Americans. In Geneva, Aziz reminded Baker, "You are American. You are not the world." Given that sentiment, the U.N.'s Perez de Cuellar appeared to be the most suitable intermediary. "He is a diplomatic ladder on which Saddam can climb down," said a senior French envoy...
After his 0-0 game with Aziz ended, Baker remarked that the U.S. welcomed "any and all diplomatic efforts to solve this crisis peacefully," but he repeatedly singled out Perez de Cuellar's efforts to the exclusion of the others. Washington found comfort in the notion that the U.N. chief presumably would be bound to insist on an unconditional Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait, since that is the demand contained in the 12 resolutions adopted by the U.N. Security Council since the invasion last August. Perez de Cuellar did bring . Saddam something new to mull over: a formal proposal that once...