Word: membership
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When UNESCO was founded in 1945, its stated goals were to foster literacy and education, encourage international scientific exchanges and preserve cultural heritage. But with the ascendancy of Third World countries, which now make up nearly three-fourths of UNESCO'S membership, the organization has gradually edged toward the left. Especially troubling to the U.S. was a proposed "new world information order" that called for increased government control of the press. The U.S. was also rankled by some of the agency's projects. The Palestine Liberation Organization, for example, received 7% of UNESCO's fellowships and study...
...income. But all that changed this year when a tract of farm land, which had been willed to the church nearly 30 years ago, began spewing oil at the rate of 165 bbl. a day and producing $10,000 royalty checks for the church every month. Since then the membership has been arguing over God's intentions for the money...
...Greek threat will delay final agreement on membership for Spain and Portugal at least until March. That will leave just nine months for the parliaments of all twelve nations to ratify the necessary treaties before the entry target date of January 1986. The timing is particularly important for Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, who has promised his countrymen a referendum on Spain's continued membership in NATO by February 1986. Gonzalez has hinted that without E.C. membership he may not get the popular support he needs for NATO. Says a senior Spanish diplomat: "You cannot ask us to participate...
...reserved his right to veto the entry of the applicants. The demands, which were labeled "Utopian" by Kohl, seemed to leave most of the other leaders more annoyed than concerned. The reason: Greece already receives $750 million a year more from the E.C. than it pays in. If Spanish membership is blocked, West Germany will refuse to raise its revenue contributions to the Community, and there will be no money at all for Mediterranean support programs. Declared Kohl: "Anyone who blocks the entry of Spain and Portugal must bear a heavy responsibility." -By Robert T. Zintl. Reported by Bonnie Angela...
Cambridge City Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci has accepted membership in the Cabot House Senior Common Room, but he's not afraid to bite the hand that feeds him once a month...