Word: olara
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...held the job for two five-year terms. And on each occasion, the People's Republic of China had blocked a Waldheim victory by exercising to veto power. Finally Waldheim appeared to give in. In a letter last week to the December Security Council President Olara Otunnu of Uganda, the Secretary-General wrote that "in order to facilitate he task of the council," he was withdrawing his name from the next round of balloting, which could take place next week. The next move seemed to depend on Waldheim's challenger on each of the previous ballots, Tanzanian Foreign...