Word: envoys
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...surprise. When most multinational peacekeepers flew out of Dili in the years after East Timor's formal independence in 2002, the world considered the country a victory of U.N. nation-building. The U.N. chief in East Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello, was asked to duplicate his work as special envoy for Iraq (he was later tragically killed in Baghdad), and East Timor's former President Xanana Gusmão (now Prime Minister) declared that his country could be a model for other young, developing countries. Yet the billions poured into East Timor, and the thousands of aid workers who descended...
...Less than a day after the British report, Reagan phoned the Argentine President. Speaking through translators, the two men talked for 50 minutes. Galtieri took up much of the time by giving Reagan a laborious lesson on the history of the Falkland Islands. Reagan offered to send a personal envoy of Galtieri's choice, including Vice President George Bush, to help prevent the invasion. The offer was rebuffed. What Reagan did not know was that even as he spoke to Galtieri, Argentine naval forces had been ordered to move on the Falklands...
...There will not be much difference between a Democratic President or a Republican President once the new presidency begins. I believe that the next President will see American security interests in a different light once they’re in office.” Zinni, a former peace envoy to the Middle East, has been a vocal critic of the war and did not support invading Iraq in 2003. He has been floated as a potential vice-presidential running-mate for Democratic hopeful Barack Obama, but he said following his speech that he has no plans to endorse Obama...
...invasion of an independent nation, and the suppression of its religious and cultural traditions. The polite rules established at Harvard, however, at least allow the two sides to exchange views. In fact, a senior Chinese scholar attending the first Harvard event met with the Dalai Lama's envoy. That secret meeting birthed the official Sino-Tibetan dialogue between the Dalai Lama's representatives and the Chinese government, which still takes place annually in Beijing...
...already unstable situation in Pakistan will be further exacerbated by this powerful factor." ANATOLY SAFONOV, Russian President Vladmir Putin's envoy on international cooperation against terrorism...