Word: stogel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...after all: It offers U.N. diplomats a way out of the post-Iraq bombing stalemate. ?The U.N. has to reach agreement with Iraq within weeks over the return of arms inspectors, and they know that Baghdad won?t allow UNSCOM back in its current form,? says TIME reporter Stewart Stogel. ?The spying fiasco will force the U.N. to substantially restructure UNSCOM.? And that may be the key to finding an agreement with Baghdad...
...TIME U.N. reporter Stuart Sogel. "On the one hand, it was a token of support for him as a person. On the other, it's a sign that they think they may not see him there next year." Aside from the soft spot members have for Clinton himself, says Stogel, relations between the U.N. and the U.S. have rarely been worse. Republicans in Congress still refuse to pay the U.S.' dues; the nomination of Richard Holbrooke as ambassador to the U.N. is in grave trouble; and U.S. pronouncements about the so-called chemical weapons plant in Sudan are being scrutinized...
...Ritter's very public resignation is designed to raise pressure on the U.N. to hold the line against Iraq amid signs that the U.S. is looking for a compromise," says TIME U.N. reporter Stuart Stogel. "The fact that his letter of resignation was released to the media by Richard Butler even before it went to the Security Council suggests that Butler may concur with some of its sentiments." Despite Ritter's principled protest, the tide of realpolitik may have turned against him -- Kofi Annan's call for a "comprehensive review" of the UNSCOM-Iraq relationship reflects an emerging consensus...
...TIME reporter Stu Stogel says from the U.N. that Western diplomats think Ghaddafi may finally be ready to do a deal, and are ready to extend a friendly hand. "The British and Americans are discussing a temporary suspension of the sanctions on Libya as a show of good faith," he says, "and that would probably be enough to satisfy Ghaddafi." But the ever-elusive Muammar has left himself an out. "So far, he's only promised that he would let the Libyan courts rule on the extradition," says Stogel. "And we all know which way that would come...
...Butler on Thursday, and urged Annan to find a mutually acceptable solution to the breakdown. Iraq may not, this time, be able to count on its traditional Security Council supporters Russia, China and France to restrain U.S. pressure. The reason? Evidence that Iraq put chemical warheads on missiles. Says Stogel: "Some of Iraq's backers are saying privately that once this evidence is confirmed, there's very little they can do for Baghdad...