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• �V> � -..\ � c:£ �- � �(__j c--..J < 0 ...._ -.. a_ lu Q__ z. '---- � --- --J """ ...._ u c ") ¥ -- VI _.-, lD ""- �c:L 1_ ._,_: Q._ \� \ � � THE NEW YORK TIMES 13.11.90 ..... "-•. " 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 Tokyo 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<!: " FROM 1U13B Cll:) 11 00 . I ·. OUTGOING FAX R USB ,• . •' .. :. .. "'. .. ' ,. ·.. ...:· ..: ·.•. .:· �· ,. .. TOz Mr. Dayal COPIES TOa Mr. Aim�, Mr. Picco (Immediately) From: Paul Kavanagh c/o Hotel Okura, Tokyo, Japan Fax No.: (B 1•3) 224 6759 Date: Monday, 12 November 1990 The attached letter was transmitted by telef�x this evening. Angeles, Please keep a copy for our files. Clare 11�138 (*) 1102 FROM PAGE 01 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 .. · .. THB 'NBW YORK TIMBS INTERNAtiONAL MONDAY,NOVBMBBR l2, IHO . , . �· . ;:�- .. · 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. ·. • Ll MOND!, SAMEDI 10 NOV!MBRE 1990 ·-·-,-.......-�- .... ---- ----·-· Press Release Department of Public Information • News Coverage Service • New York 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 France. 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 United Kingdom 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. * *** * 1009P For infunnation media-not an of!lcial record Press Release Department of Public Information • News Coverage Service • New lbrk 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.