Word: ghali
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...preceding weeks had been filled with intense diplomatic scuffling, terminating in one final big-power temper tantrum. But by 1 o'clock Friday afternoon, it was certain that Kofi Annan of Ghana was to be the seventh Secretary-General of the U.N., succeeding the reluctantly retiring Boutros Boutros-Ghali on Jan. 1. The jubilation in the U.N. building was heartfelt: Annan was perhaps the most popular candidate among those who worked for the organization. But will an insider bring the reform that the U.S. faced down Boutros-Ghali to get? Washington thinks so. "We're delighted," says a State Department...
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly officially approved Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan to succeed Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. TIME's Marguerite Michaels says Annan will begin his term on January 1 on significantly better footing with the U.S. than his predecessor: "Five years ago, when Boutros-Ghali was being considered, the U.S. was apprehensive because even then he had a reputation for arrogance. He was also not an administrator, which is what the U.S. wanted." Annan, on the other hand, is the United States' hand-picked choice, and resentment of that fact will undoubtedly hinder the diplomat's relations...
...dinner, there was no international equivalent of high fives. Could she, muttered colleagues, gear down her confrontational style enough to succeed in the delicate art of nation-to-nation negotiation? French diplomats, who tangled with her over her aggressive campaign to dump U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, were pointedly ordered to speak of her new appointment only in positive terms...
...pleased last Tuesday when the phone rang and it was Clinton on the line. They talked for a while. He asked about the health of her friend Czech President Vaclav Havel, who has lung cancer. Clinton mused about the messy U.S. effort to unseat Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Then there came a pregnant pause. And then he thanked her and hung...
...Security Council members voted for Boutros-Ghali anyway, attempting to avoid irritating Africa and rocking the U.N. boat, as well as protesting Washington's high-handedness in easing him out. Last June, without a word to U.N. friends, a senior State Department official told the New York Times it would not permit the Secretary-General to serve a second five years. The move angered U.N. members as a blatant sop to election-year criticisms from right-wing Republicans. Third World sensitivities have been trampled, and allies are annoyed they weren't consulted. Others are furious at U.S. cheek in dictating...