Word: thant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...traditional Holy Thursday reception for diplomats accredited to the Vatican, the Pope said that he hoped his encyclical "will be heard and understood by all"-and it seemed that it was. There was a chorus of praise from leaders of other churches, and U.N. Secretary General U. Thant chimed in with "respectful homage" to the Pope for "his great wisdom, vision and courage." As a description of personal rights and the role of government, Pacem in Terns so closely conformed to Western practice and ideals that the U.S. State Department abandoned its custom of ignoring papal encyclicals and said...
...business done, Betancourt's U.S. trip became ruffles and flourishes. He pushed on to New York for a two-day stay, had lunch at the U.N. with Secretary-General U Thant, journeyed up the Hudson to see New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, whose wide interests in Venezuela run from the Creole Petroleum Corp. to cattle ranching and supermarkets. At week's end Betancourt flew to Miami, paused for breakfast with A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany, then boarded a Venezuelan jetliner bound for more state visiting in Mexico. Then he will go on to the Dominican Republic, where Juan...
...little premature. The perfect hosts proved pretty picky guests at a Mona Lisa preview dinner later in the week at Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The way U.N. officials got it, the invites were already out when Alphand balked at discovering that U.N. Secretary-General U Thant was among the honored guests. It was, sniffed Alphand, a strictly Franco-American affair. Harassed Met officials got the Alphands to agree to two head tables, with Alphand and Adlai Stevenson at the head head table, and Mme. Alphand at another one with U Thant. The Secretary-General coldly refused...
...Secretary-General U Thant, who comes from neutralist Burma and occupies the world's most neutralized job, allowed himself a little partisanship when asked a press conference question about the U.S. delegate: "In my experience of public men, I have very rarely come across a statesman of Ambassador Adlai Stevenson's stature-with mellow wisdom, perceptive thinking and balanced judgment. He has been representing his country in the United Nations with eminence and with extraordinary competence...
...starter, Thant appealed for $19 million to finance 1963 civilian operations in the Congo, estimated that at least 1,300 technical experts would be needed at once in the biggest aid program the U.N. has yet undertaken. The plan is to cut the U.N.'s 19,000-man army in the Congo by 50% as soon as possible-perhaps by late summer...