Word: siilasvuo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other prospective guests also agreed-somewhat reluctantly-to attend the Cairo summit. U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim said his organization would be represented by Finnish General Ensio Siilasvuo, chief of U.N. peace-keeping operations in the Middle East. Since he expected that the Cairo conference would have "limited participation," Waldheim suggested yet another preparatory conference under U.N. auspices. Israel said it would not attend, primarily because the P.L.O. was also invited. But other Arab states were more receptive to the idea, as was the Soviet Union. That raised the intriguing prospect that Israel and the U.S. might eventually stand...
Despite the hassling over last-minute details, many of which still remain to be worked out by Israeli and Egyptian delegates in Geneva under General Siilasvuo's supervision during the next two weeks, there were no real surprises in the final accord. The general principles had been more or less accepted by both sides before Kissinger undertook his shuttle (TIME cover, Aug. 25). The Israelis agreed to move their troops out of the Mitla and Giddi passes in Sinai and also turn back to Egypt the Abu Rudeis oilfields captured during the Six-Day War. Egypt agreed in writing...
...cavernous chamber. Minutes later, from another doorway, appeared three Israeli representatives. Face to face for the first time in 15 months, representatives of the two longtime Middle East antagonists took seats at tables carefully spaced 25 feet apart. Between them, at a third table, sat Finnish General Ensio Siilasvuo, commander of United Nations peace-keeping forces in the Middle East...
...Smiles. The two delegations studiously ignored each other, staring blankly into space or at Siilasvuo. Eventually, he passed out the giant blue folders containing the nine articles of accord and accompanying maps for a second-stage disengagement agreement between Israeli and Egyptian forces in Sinai. Without comment, representatives of each side−Major General Taha Maghdoub for the Egyptians and Ambassador-designate to Paris and longtime Prime Ministerial Adviser Mordechai Gazit for the Israelis−signed. After Siilasvuo signed on behalf of the U.N., he asked, "The ceremony is over. Are there any points to be raised?" The delegates shook...
...ceremony did indeed symbolize a giant step. As Siilasvuo reminded the signatories and the U.S., Soviet and Egyptian delegations accompanying them, "a good deal more remains to be done." But remarkable achievements had already been scored?first an Egyptian-Israeli disengagement, next a more complicated Syrian-Israel pullback. The two agreements, limited though they were, made it possible for the first time in years to envision a lasting peace settlement in the Middle East. Both represented extraordinary accomplishments for Kissinger himself, who had once more demonstrated the effectiveness of his unique brand of personal diplomacy. If the settlements seemed...