Word: peruvians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Accordingly, almost because the fighting had worsened, the emphasis swung back to negotiation. Said a key British politician: "We realized that only the swiftest diplomatic action could recapture the international support we have been losing." The British looked first to Haig, who in turn found a mediator in Peruvian President Fernando Belaunde Terry. The use of Belaúnde as an intermediary seemed to have several advantages. Peru is a Latin American country with traditionally friendly ties to Argentina. When the threat of war first emerged, the Peruvian Congress voted to send military supplies to Argentina. Belaunde, however...
Some 2,500 construction workers are rushing to cover the fairground's red clay with sod, lay the roads and put the finishing touches on structures like the enormous Chinese-Egyptian-Peruvian pavilion before opening day. Most Knoxvillians are steeling themselves for a six-month influx of 11 million tourists. But for all that, the fair, named the Knoxville International Energy Exposition, will be modest by international standards. Montreal's Expo '67, for example, was ten times as costly, and included twice as many foreign participants...
...objects that were the nucleus of his Museum of Primitive Art, along with his smaller private collection-went to the Metropolitan in his son's memory. To this bequest have been added several very choice groups of objects from other sources: the Wunderman collection of Dogon sculpture, ancient Peruvian ceramics from the Nathan Cummings collection, and a number of pre-Columbian objects from the Alice Bache bequest...
...very decent chap," says Under Secretary-General Brian Urquhart, a Briton who has worked closely with him. Pérez is often compared to U Thant, the quiet, self-effacing Burmese who served in the U.N.'s highest office from 1961 to 1971. Unlike Waldheim, the Peruvian does not have a reputation as a workaholic. Still, diplomats welcome his familiarity with the international organization's long and often byzantine corridors. "He is a very good diplomat who knows the U.N. from the inside," says Urquhart. Even though Sadruddin was the first choice of the U.S. delegation, Ambassador Jeane...
Unlike other candidates who were in New York lobbying for the job, Pérez stayed in Lima, the Peruvian capital, during the vote. After hearing news of his selection, he said, "My main concern and endeavor will be what it has always been, peace among nations." Given Pérez's age, U.N. officials do not expect him to seek a second term. That should be a welcome consolation prize for the other candidates, especially Salim. The Tanzanian, who will be only 44 when the next vote comes up, no doubt still hopes to be the first African...