Word: peruvian
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...York City, there is a sweet irony in the fact that newly named Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, 62, is acting as the intermediary who is seeking a compromise between London and Buenos Aires over the Falklands crisis. The tall, white-haired Peruvian is himself a compromise choice for a job that many doubted he could fill. When China consistently vetoed an unprecedented third term as Secretary-General for Kurt Waldheim and the U.S. would not accept Tanzanian Foreign Minister Salim Ahmed Salim, Pérez de Cuéllar was approved last December...
Meanwhile, a second possibility for negotiations was opening up at the U.N., through the offices of Secretary-General Pérez de Cuéllar, himself a Peruvian. Some key details of Pérez de Cuéllar's peace proposals were deliberately unclear, but they also called for a cease-fire and pullback by the forces of both sides, as well as a temporary administration for the Falklands (this time under U.N. auspices...
Britain was intent on pursuing the Peruvian initiative, which kept the U.S. indirectly involved in the negotiations. Secretary of State Haig showed it to British Foreign Secretary Pym in Washington. The pair discussed the ideas for four hours, before Pym flew on to the U.N. After making some changes, they sent the proposal to London. Two days later, the British responded through their Ambassador to Washington Nicholas Henderson. The collective ideas were sent on to Lima, where representatives of the Argentine junta were waiting for them...
Argentina might well have had something like that in mind. The first response from Buenos Aires was to reject the Peruvian proposal out of hand. Then the junta seemed to reconsider. But on Wednesday, the Argentines informed Secretary-General Pérez de Cuéllar that they were examining the U.N. peace proposals with, as he put it, "great interest and a sense of urgency." A Foreign Ministry statement also declared that "the first step toward a solution must be an immediate cease-fire." There was no mention of military withdrawal. Britain's insistence on the opposite course...
...British were concerned, Defense Minister Frúgoli's statement ended the Peruvian peace initiative. Commented Pym: "I am deeply disappointed that Argentine intransigence has once again frustrated a constructive initiative. Had they genuinely wanted peace, they would have accepted these latest proposals put to them, and we could have had a cease-fire in place...