Word: thant
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...advocate of Middle East peace, will now concentrate on quiet diplomacy to effect a ceasefire. Ambassador Jarring, following conferences with U Thant, will begin the more difficult task of negotiating a political settlement. Nicosia and New York are under consideration as sites where his discussions could take place...
QHOULD Israel and the Arab states agree to stop shooting and start talking, the mechanism that will get the negotiations under way will be a letter -already drawn up-from Swedish Mediator Gunnar V. Jarring to United Nations Secretary General U Thant. In the letter Jarring will report that the parties involved are ready to designate representatives "to discussions to be held under my auspices." The purpose of the discussions, the Jarring communique will state, will be "to reach agreement on the establishment of a just and lasting peace between the U.A.R., Jordan and Israel, based on 1) mutual acknowledgment...
...indeed old home week for many of the 638 delegates who traveled to Manhattan from 112 countries for what U Thant had billed as an "unprecedented worldwide meeting" of youth. Nearly a third of the "young people" were over 25; one owned up to being 47. Several sported the thinning hair and thickening waistlines that characterize the men who are known on the world conference circuit as "professional youths." So prominent were the pros, especially among the Communist delegations, that the organizers considered tossing out everyone who could not prove himself under 30. But youth conferences, apparently, are too important...
...formal manners of international diplomacy must have come easily to U.N. Secretary-General U Thant. A Burmese youth is taught to show respect for parents and elders by prostrating himself when he leaves their presence. And a son is never too old or too important to kowtow to his mother, as the 61-year-old statesman demonstrated last week at the Rangoon home of Daw Nan Thaung...
Little Hope. About the only person who seemed even remotely optimistic was United Nations Secretary-General U Thant. Cutting short a home visit to Burma, Thant flew back to New York for consultations with ambassadors of the four powers (the U.S., Soviet Union, Britain and France) that are attempting to restore the Middle East ceasefire. Thant said he had returned to examine "positive elements" in the talks; the participants, after 28 fruitless meetings, wondered what he meant. They have agreed that Israel should withdraw from occupied territories. But they are far from agreement on security guarantees for Israel, and without...