Word: javier
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COVER: Photograph for TIME by Matthew Klein; label design by Javier Romero...
Obviously afraid that just such a reading might stick, Javier Perez de Cuellar, the U.N. Secretary-General, has played a neat card: he asked Saddam for permission to police a part of his country. That Perez de Cuellar received the disastrous and predictable answer to a question he should never have asked testifies either to the U.N.'s underlying unwillingness to do what is right, or to Perez de Cuellar's fecklessness...
Nearing the end of his 10th year as United Nations Secretary-General, Javier Perez de Cuellar, 71, insists he is ready to retire. But is he really? In his first term, Perez de Cuellar often told colleagues that he wanted out, but was persuaded to remain five years more. France, a permanent member of the Security Council, is now pressing the Peruvian to stay on for a third term. The Soviets too have indicated they would like him to stay put. This endorsement of the status quo distresses reform-minded U.N. staff members and diplomats who believe the world body...
...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...