Word: thant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thant, LL.D., Secretary-General of the United Nations...
...difference between the time just before the Arab-Israeli war of 1967 and today is the widely held conviction that the Arabs would get licked in any new adventure. In other ways, the similarities between the two periods are proving quite remarkable. Last week United Nations Secretary-General U Thant warned both sides that U.N. observers cannot "continue indefinitely" to be exposed to artillery fire across the Suez Canal. Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser, in a May Day speech that was his most belligerent since the war, declared: "We are planning for attack. Our forces are prepared...
...fortified the east bank of the canal and the world "cannot expect us to observe the cease-fire in the face of such fortifications." The U.S. termed Egypt's step "retrogressive" and, along with Britain, appealed to both sides to respect the truce. United Nations Secretary-General U Thant gloomily said that "the cease-fire has become almost totally ineffective in the Suez Canal sector, and a virtual state of active war now exists there...
...contrast to what happened on the occasion of previous attacks on El Al-a skyjacking over the Mediterranean last July and an automatic-rifle assault in Athens in December-the international community this time was prompt in its protest. United Nations Secretary General U Thant described the attack as "criminal and dastardly." Britain, France, the Vatican and the U.S. issued condemnations. Washington also promised to raise the subject of protection of commercial aircraft at a council meeting this week of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal...
...stated that the "very remarkable space achievement of the astronauts" should enrich mankind's spiritual life. British Prime Minister Harold Wilson cabled that the flight "has added a new dimension to our appreciation that this is indeed one world." There were similar messages from U.N. Secretary General U Thant, French President Charles de Gaulle, Premier Eisaku Sato of Japan, King Hassan of Morocco and a host of other world leaders. Even Havana radio contributed to worldwide reaction by presenting lengthy and approving appraisals of Apollo 8's moon mission...