Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...administrative style has drawn an unusual amount of fire. Early on, he upset several ambassadors at the U.N. by making it clear that he preferred to deal directly with the leaders of their governments; he still allots relatively little time in his schedule for consultations with envoys. Some diplomats are equally dismayed by the way he equates the status of his office with that of the Security Council and the General Assembly. Before his recent tiff with the Security Council, he attended meetings only selectively, calling them a time- consuming waste. "His imperiousness is intolerable," says a senior French diplomat...
...ambassadors, especially those on the Security Council, to succeed. At the same time, U.N. members are beginning to appreciate his readiness to tackle intractable situations, like those in Bosnia and Somalia, that require a multilateral effort to resolve. "His heart is in the right place," says a senior Dutch diplomat...
...staff, no single body mapping contingency plans and no standing military force that can be deployed quickly. "If the U.S., as a superpower, has discovered that it cannot be a global cop, how can we expect that role of the Secretary-General, with his meager resources?" asks a British diplomat. Despite persistent problems for the U.N. around the world, and his personal abrasiveness, Boutros-Ghali has shown that the organization can play a constructive, perhaps ultimately even decisive, role in the quest for peace. What he needs is for member nations to set reasonable goals -- and then give...
...paper trail of official orders and reports is likely to turn up in Bosnia. And if solid indictments are eventually prepared, no court exists to + try such cases. Even more difficult, there is no way to arrest the suspects. "No one knows where this will lead," says a Western diplomat in Belgrade, "but we have crimes here of such a scale that you can't just wash your hands of them...
...dragged from their homes and shot during several nights of terror. The killing spree was said to have been ordered by Kismayu's de facto boss, the warlord Colonel Omar Jess, who belongs to the rival Ogadeni clan and is an ally of Aidid's. According to an American diplomat, Jess may have ordered the massacre to consolidate his control over the city before relief forces arrived in Kismayu...