Word: thant
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...year ago last week, the guns fell silent along the Suez Canal as Egypt and Israel announced their acceptance of U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers' plan for a ceasefire. At the time, United Nations Secretary-General U Thant declared: "The road ahead is long, arduous and uncertain, but if only there is a will for peace, all obstacles can be surmounted and peace will be achieved." In the year since, few obstacles have been surmounted, and a formula for peace has yet to be found. But the year-long respite has produced a profound change in the mood...
Israel's position stalemated the peace talks being held under the aegis of United Nations Mediator Gunnar Jarring. U.N. Secretary-General U Thant last week tactfully summed up the previous month's discussions by noting that "some further progress" had been made. But Thant added that a deadlock still existed and that Israel's lack of commitment on withdrawal made the situation one of increasing concern. In an effort to get the talks going again, the Big Four (Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the U.S.) held two meetings in Manhattan last week. They were unable...
...problem." But Israel is literally bulldozing its way to Jewish control over the limestone and sand of Jordanian Jerusalem before any peace negotiations can be held. Obviously, such an effort has broad political repercussions. Twice since 1967, the United Nations has protested Israeli annexation; last week Secretary-General U Thant complained once again. The United States, which along with 32 other nations pointedly maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv and not in Jerusalem, called Israel's unilateral action "unacceptable...
...help get Sadat off that wobbly limb, U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers sent three notes to Cairo within the past two weeks, promising U.S. help in future negotiations if Egypt would extend the ceasefire. U.N. Secretary-General U Thant, stretching the facts, told the Security Council that "some progress" had occurred in a series of talks conducted by U.N. Mediator Gunnar Jarring, giving Thant "grounds for cautious optimism." That also gave Sadat grounds to extend the ceasefire...
Neither side seemed to want the guns to sound again after six months of silence. But so far neither has engaged wholeheartedly in peace negotiations under the aegis of U.N. Mediator Gunnar Jarring. Jarring this week will submit a progress report on his talks to Secretary-General U Thant, who will then report to the Security Council. Thant is expected to suggest that there has been enough movement to warrant a continuation of the ceasefire. He is also likely to propose that the Big Four-the U.S., Soviet Union, Britain and France -issue a similar call for extension...