Word: endalkachew
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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...Endalkachew Makonnen, 44, Ethiopia's Oxford-educated Minister of Communications. He has the advantage of being the leading candidate from Africa, which has 42 votes in the Assembly, but the disadvantage of not being stationed at the U.N. during the last-minute lobbying. Indeed, as of last week, two other Africans had put themselves forward as prospects-Issoufou S. Djermakoye of remote Chad, and Nsanze Terence of tiny Burundi...
Other possibilities include Former Chilean President Eduardo Frei; Ceylon's U.N. Ambassador Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe; former U.N. Ambassador Endalkachew Makonnen of Ethiopia; and Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan of Iran, uncle of the Aga Khan and U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. When the points are added up, however, it is hard to beat the score of a certain soft-spoken Asian who comes from a small, neutral, underdeveloped country that recognizes Peking, who has kept on reasonably good terms with both superpowers, and who reflects what one diplomat calls "a comfortable level of mediocrity." As a result, some believe that...