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...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...
...certain soft-spoken Asian who comes from a small, neutral, underdeveloped country that recognizes Peking, who has kept on reasonably good terms with both superpowers, and who reflects what one diplomat calls "a comfortable level of mediocrity." As a result, some believe that for the second straight time U Thant may find it impossible to resist a draft. . . . Thant's sense of futility about his job is not difficult to understand. Last week Egypt made headlines by revealing that it will not at present demand a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss the Middle East. Israel...
...been a marked increase in such activities in recent years. Before 1960 India and Pakistan were the only two "high-fertility" countries with official government policies aimed at reducing population growth. Today, 30 developing nations have state-supported programs. Villot points out that in 1967 Secretary-General U Thant established the Fund for Population Activities to provide financial and technical assistance. Worse, he writes, the U.N.'s children's fund (UNICEF) is now committed to distribute contraceptives: "It therefore puts itself in contradiction to the very objectives of the institution created for the well-being of children...