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..... "-•. " Reports About Refugee Post Draw Reply From U.N. Chief

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12 (Reu­ ters) - Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar, issued a statement today saying he was "pained and pro­ foundly irritated" by press reports about his prospective choice ot.a close aide to be the new United Nations High Commissionerfor Refugees. . The reports said the United States and other major donor countries felt Mr. Perez de Cu�llar had fjiled to con­ sult them before picking Virendra Dayal, his chief of staff for eight years,, for the refugee post. The 55-year-old Oxford-educated In­ dian national would succeed Thorvald Stoltenberg,who is stepping down from the Geneva post after only 10 months to become Deputy Prime Minister and ForeignMinister In the new Norwegian Government. l Mr. Perez de Cuellar, now in for · the enthronement of Emperor Akihito, said In a statement issued through a spokeswoman that he was also "disturbed by allegations of 'cronyism' and the Insinuation that he has not been consulting member states." "These allegations have surfaced at a time when he is actively engaged In a processOf such conSUltations," it sai

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From: Paul Kavanagh c/o Hotel Okura, Tokyo, Fax No.: (B 1•3) 224 6759

Date: Monday, 12 November 1990

The attached letter was transmitted by telef�x this evening.

Angeles,

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THII: S.I!:CIIICTARY-G�NI!:IiiAI..

'lbkyo, 12 � 1990

Pear Mr. 'Sulzber9er,

· I have been .ext.rarely ·sw:prised and a;,ncerned to recta :In talzlyts iSsue of 'Ibe ·New York 'l'illes, totally false alle;at:lons � ·� position in reqaxd to the flllin] of the ly'current vacant post of United Nations High O:trrni�icner fbr �-

Let rre infoxmyou at the ·outset that I have initiated oori.sul.tations with lMin !ntGestsd eountries, inClu.Ung, ot eourse, the united States of America, on the name of a persop. whan I c:cnsider to be 'fully ani appropriately qualified to �e up the post. At the same t.:llne, nw decision to ran.:!nate a par� tor the post sh:>uld be taken ·only When, after my cxWiultations, I CXIIImlnicate an officiAl ronination to the President of the tlnited Nations General .AsSEIIlbly :1:n· 1.tne with the Statute of the Office of the High Q:muisaioner fer P.efuqees.

What I fizxl in'the article to bQ JtDst offensive to me and to J1f Office is. the ·alleqation that I am in effect blaclqnaj.linq··the QJvennent of. the United �es with the diJml;l.ssal of the cun-ently serving D8put:y High Ccmnissioner, wb:> �to be a thtted States.·national. I cat�rically reject thiS all�Jon, the falseness of which may be .easily oont·1llned. 1'Y the c!ist.:i.nguish Pemanent Representative of the thited States of America to the United Nations, wb:> . was .:tn fact the :first intel::ested party wlth w1'an I consultEd on the matter.

lttt'. Arthur Ochs'su:LZberger. Publisher The New York 'l'imas New Yorl<., N.Y.. • I .. · ..

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. , . �· . ;:�- .. · I choice of U.N . Refugee Chief Angers the: U . S .j

. �; ' B)' PAUL LEWIS tiona Hlah Commlllloner for Rituaeea, Theyilao accuae the Secretary GenJ 1peo11110'"" Nn Vorl! Ttmn • baaed In Geneva. . oral or cronylam, aaylna he 11 aeeklna; UNiTED NATIONS, Nov. 10- An at• B ut the Buah Admlnlatratlon and to advance one of hla cloaat aaaoclate" tempt by the Secretary General of the moat of the other Weatern,natlona who before hi• retirement next year. "Thlat United Natlona to put hla cloaeat per- pay the retuaee aaency'a 111110 million 11 creatlna a real flreatormof concern1 1onal ·&Ide In ahara• of helplna the annual·., budaet are · oppo1tn1 Mr. amana the aid-donor countrlea and: world'• Ill million refuaee• 11 drawlna Dayal'• appointment and complain amona developlna countrlea with refu·· aharp prote1t1 and accuaatlona of that tho Secretary General Ia trylna to aee problem• who want a atrona Hlah cronyl1m from the Buah Admlnlatra· 1llp him Into the poat without ad· Commllitloner,"aa enlor State Depart•. tlon and many other countrlll, dlplo- equatoly con1ult1na them. · · · mont oftlclal lald. I · mat• 1ay. - American official• aay the next Hlah Tho Hlah Commlaaloner tor RefU·• TheSecretary General, Javier P6re1 Commllaloner for Refuaeo• 1hould be aeea 11 cu1tomarlly appointed by the, de Cu611ar, who plan• to retirewhen hla a r.romlnont political flaure who can Secretary Oenetral after conaultatlona r term explrea at the end of next year, ra ae monoy for the aaoncy and 1110 with all lntere�tod countrle�a. The Sec· 1aya he want• to name Vlrondra Dayal, alve It tho 1tronath and IndependenceIt rotary Genoral'a choice muat be con• I an Indian national who run• hl1 private netoda to do Ita job of protecttna rttu•· ftrmed by tho General Aaaembly. otflco, to the vacant poat of United Na· aeea throuahout the world. 1 The dlapute appeared to woraon thl• • '* • -

---- 1' l ' ' week, Admlnlatratlon official• aald 'trlbutina nation• would aeek to proaent taction with the Secretary General'• I 1 · · when tho Secretary General wamea him with an aaretd candidate of their propoul. · I tho United Statea that It It doe• not ac· own on hit return. · Mr. Dayal, 1111 year• old, 11 a former cept a thlrd·world national " the next The United State1 repreaentatlve to Indian civil 1ervant who nrved with Hllh Comm111loner, It may be forced the United Nation•, Thoma• R. Picker· the Hlah Commlaaloner from 18811 to to abandun tho Deputy Hl&h Comml•· Ina, recently told the Secretary Gen· 18781 when he moved to Unltod Nation• aloner'• po1t, which 11 traditionally oral that tho Bueh Admlnlatratlon and heaaquartera In New York. Ht waa ap· held by an American alnce tho UnltoCI moat· other Weatom donor aovern· pointed principal aide to tho Secretary State• paya a. quarter q' Ull aaoncy'a menta were oppoaed to hla choice and General In 1882. · · . · budaot. . . felt they had not beenproperly conault• Tho retuaee aaoncy haa recently 1 The aenlor State Department offlplal ed. · ' . · '· ' · · · · ·. · · • · · : been aolna throuah a troubled perloo ' expre11od "outraao" at thl• wamlna, · lmtka Ayo Azlkwe of Nlaorla, chair· and Ia omoratna from an admlnlatra· aaylna that It amounted to a threat to man of the executive committee ofthe tlve rearaanllltlon carried out by the dlamlll Dou.alaa Stafford, tht Amar• Hlah Commlaeloner'a office, hat alto departtna Hllh Commlaaloner, Thor· tcan Deputy HllhCommllalonor. : tola the Secretary General that the vald Stoltenbtra. Theleoretary G!n•ral'l apokeamM, refUIH aaoncy'a 43·natlon IOvemtna Mr. ltoltonblra, a re1pected former Pran�o11 Giuliani, aald tho Socrotary body 11 unhappy with the choice at Mr. Norwoalan Porelan Mtnlater, realanod General would dllar. • final decl1lon on Dayal, diplomat• re�rted. laat month after only 10 month1 on the a now Hlah Comm 111onor until ho ro· ., Reproaentatlvea of the lft major con· job to reJoin tho Norwealan Qovom· tuma from vlllta to Japan and Europa tributor• to the rotuaee aaency mot In mont. Hfa predoco11or, Joan·Pierro around Nov. 20. The aenlor State De- Geneva thlt week at tho uralna of the Hock6, reelaned In a dlaputt qyer , p&rtJIIO�t· official a aid tho major con· United Statea to affirm their dlaaatla· travel and entertainment _oxpenaea. ·. •

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SG/T/1637 19 November 1990

.sEBETARY=GENERAL ATTENDS SIGNINGOFTREAUONCONVENTIONALFQRCESINEUROPE, ADDRESSES SUMMIT OF CONFERENCE ONSECURITYANDCO-QPERATIQNINEUROPE

(Received from the Spokesman accompanying the Secretary-General.)

PARIS, 19 November -- Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar today attended the ceremonies marking the signature of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, at the Elysee Palace.

The Secretary-General then addressed the opening meeting of the 34-country summit Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE), the second speaker after President Fran�ois Mitterrand of .

Following a luncheon given at the Elysee Palace by President Mitterrand in honour of the heads of delegations to the Conference, the Secretary-General was due to return to the International Conference Centre on Avenue Kleber to hear the speeches of 14 participants in the summit.

During the course of the day, in the framework of the Conference, the Secretary-General met briefly with President Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union, with whom he discussed the situation in the Persian Gulf and CSCE.

In the evening, the Secretary-General is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the before attending a reception given by France's Foreign Minister, Roland Dumas, for the participants to the summit and the diplomatic corps, at the Palais de Chaillot.

The Secretary-General will fly back to New York on Tuesday morning, 20 November.

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SG/T/1636 19 November 1990

SECRETARY-GENERAL BOLDS TALKSWITHFOREIGNMINISTEROFALGERIA ON GULF SITUATION, WESTERNSAHARA

(Received from the Spokesman accompanying the Secretary-General. )

PARIS, 18 November -- Today, Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar met for 45 minutes with Sid Ahmed Ghozali, Foreign Minister of Algeria, for a discussion on the Gulf situation and the Western Sahara issue.

On the Gulf, the Foreign Minister and the Secretary-General discussed possibilities for lowering the tension in the area. Following his exchange of views on final details of a United Nations operation for Western Sahara, the Secretary-General intends to present to the Security Council a full and detailed report before the end of November.

The Secretary-General also received a courtesy call from Massamba Sarre, Ambassador of Senegal in Paris.

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SG/T/1635 19 November 1990

SECRETARY-GEN� CHAIRS MEETING OF EMINENT PERSONS ONCONSEQUENCES OF PERSIAN GULF CRISISONWORLDECONOMY

(Received from the Spokesman accompanying the Secretary-General.)

PARIS, 17 November -- Today, Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar chaired, at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a meeting of 20 eminent persons, called at his initiative to discuss informally the consequences of the Persian Gulf crisis on the world economy.

The meeting, which began at 10:45 a.m., lasted until well after 6 p.m. The discussions also continued at a working luncheon. Before closing the meeting, the Secretary-General read out a summ ary of the proceedings to the participants, outlining common ground and the sc�p£ for future action.

Talking to the press after the final session, the Secretary-General stressed that the meeting had been "totally informal"; many ideas had been discussed to help "the innocent victims of the crisis"; and the participants, who had come to the Paris meeting in their private capacity, and the Secretary-General had agreed to remain in contact. The Secretary-General would form a group of "friends of the Secretary-General", numbering five of the participants chosen on a regional basis, as well as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the European Economic Community (EEC) in order "to see if we can obtain something concrete".

The Secretary-General expressed the hope that "a very tangible follow-up" would be set up in the next few days when he contacts the participants again.

Answering questions on the Persian Gulf crisis, the Secretary-General said that as far as the United Nations sanctions against Iraq were concerned, they had already "started to produce the effect that the Security Council desires", but it was not possible to say how much more time was needed for them to be effective, nor was it for the Secretary-General to interfere in a matter concerning the Security Council.

The Secretary-General, in answer to a question on the possibilities of a peaceful solution of the Persian Gulf conflict, replied that he was unable for the time being to see any peaceful options, "which I very m�ch regret". The only hope would be the meeting of Arab countries in Rabat, if it took place.

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SG/T/1634 16 November 1990

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PARIS FOR MEETING TOMORROW ON

ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF GULF CRISIS

(Received from the Spokesman accompanying the Secretary-General.)

The Secretary-General is in Paris today, Friday, 16 November, where he will spend the day working on his speech to be delivered tomorrow to the informal meeting of eminent· persons, which will discuss the economic consequences of the Persian Gulf crisis. The Secretary-General i"s also meeting today with his top aides.

Tomorrow, Saturday, the Secretary-General will be chairing the meeting of eminent persons.

On Monday, 19 November,. the Secretary-General is scheduled to attend the signing ceremony on the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe, where he will make a brief statement. Later in the day, he is scheduled to address the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE). The Secretary-General will also attend a luncheon at the Elysee Palace in honour of the Heads of State and Government attending the conference.

The Secretary-General is scheduled to return to New York on Tuesday, . 20 November.

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SG/T/1633 15 November 1990

SECRETARY-GENERAL LEAVESTOKYOFORPARIS

(Received from a UN official accompanying the Secretary-General.)

TOKYO, 15 November -- Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar left at 1 p.m. (local time) today for Paris.

In the morning, he had · a series of meeting with Daisaku Ikeda, President of Soka Gakkai; Takeshi Araki, Mayor of Hiroshima City; Shun-ichi' Suzuki, Governor of Metropolitan Government Tokyo; and Zentaro Kosaka, President of the United Nations Association of Japan.

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SG/T/1632 14 November 1990

SECBETARI-GEHIRAL VISITS TOWNOlIWJAKURA,MEETSWITB

PRESIDENt OlPOll'l'Uf.6I. IN TQUO

(Received from a UN official accompanying the Secretary-General.)

TOKYO, 14 November -- On the eve of his departure from Japan, Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar visited the historic town of Kamakura, close to Tokyo, where he attended a luncheon hosted in his honour by the Governor of Kanagawa prefecture. He also visited a Buddhist temple and a Shinto shrine.

This evening, the Secretary-General met in tete-a-tete with the President of , Mario Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, before attending a dinner held in the President's honour by the Ambassador of Portugal.

During the course of the day, the Secretary-General also conferred with the heads of representative offices in Tokyo of various United Nations agencies and programmes.

Tomorrow, 15 November, at about noon local time, the Secretary-General will leave Tokyo for Paris, where he will arrive in the early evening.

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SG/T/1629 9 November 1990

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT JAPAN AND FIANCE

Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar will depart New York over the weekend of 10 November en route to Tokyo to attend, at the invitation of the Government of Japan, the Ceremonies of Accession for Emperor Akihito at the State Hall Im perial Palace scheduled for Monday, 12 November. The enthronement ceremony will be followed by a Court Banquet to be hosted by the Emperor of Japan for the visiting Heads of State or Government. On Tuesday, 13 November, the Secretary-�eneral will be in attendance at a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu and his wife for Heads of State or Government. During his stay in Tokyo, the Secretary-General will have the opportunity to meet with a number of other visiting officials.

The Secretary-General will depart Tokyo for Paris on Thursday, 15 November. On Saturday, 17 November, the Secretary-General will preside over an informal meeting of em inent persons on the economic consequences of the Gulf crisis at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) building.

On Monday, 19 November, the Secretary-General will attend the signing ceremony of the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe. President Fran�ois Mitterrand of France will then open the Meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE), at which the Secretary-General will speak. The Secretary-General will then attend a luncheon for Heads of State or Government to be hosted by President Mitterrand at the Elysee Palace.

The Secretary-General will return to New York on Tuesday, 20 November.

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SG/T/1631 13 November 1990

.S..ECRETA.RY-GENERAL BOLDSTALKS WITH LEADER.S OFJAPAN• PAKISTANAND CYPR.U.S IN TOKIO; ATTENDS RECEPTIONIN HIS BONQUR. DINNER FORDEJ,EGATIONBEADS

(Received from a UN official accompanying the Secretary-General.)

TOKYO, 13 November -- Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar began today with a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Japan, Taro Nakayama. The subjects covered were the Persian Gulf, Cambodia and Japan's contribution to . the operations of the United Nations. He then made a call on the Prime Minister of Japan, Toshiki Kaifu, with whom he discussed the situation in the Persian Gulf and Japan's contribution to the operations of the United Nations (the Secretary-General and the Prime Minister had had an opportunity to talk at yesterday evening's court banquet).

The Secretary-General next met with the President of , Ghulam Ishaq Khan, with whom he discussed the Persian Gulf, in particular the economic fall-out for countries affected by the situation there; Afghanistan; and the question of Palestine. The Secretary-General then held a meeting with the President of , George Vassiliou.

In the afternoon, the Secretary-General attended a garden party for Heads of State or Government attending the enthronement ceremonies, hosted by the Imperial Family at the Imperial Palace.

The Secretary-General then attended and spoke briefly at a reception in his honour hosted by the Parliamentarians' Association of Japan for the United Nations. This was co-hosted by the respective presidents of both houses of the Diet.

In the evening, the Secretary-General attended a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Kaifu for visiting heads of delegation.

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