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UN Secretariat Item Scan - Barcode - Record Title Page 80 Date 16/05/2006 Time 4:44:20 PM S-0861-0005-08-00001 Expanded Number S-0861 -0005-08-00001 Title items-in-Peace-keeping operations - Middle East - Secretary-General arrives in Cairo Date Created 20/05/1967 Record Type Archival Item Container S-0861-0005: Peace-Keeping Operations Files of the Secretary-General: U Thant: Middle East Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit UNITED NATIONS Press Services Office of Public Information United Rations, K.Y. (FOR USE OP I^OBM&noH MEDIA — NOT AH OFFICIAL RECORD) Press Release SG/T/165 23 May 196? SECRETARY-GENERAL ARRIVES IN CAIRO (The following was received from a United Nations Information Officer accompanying the Secretary-General.) The Secretary-General, U Thant, and party arrived in Cairo today at 5 p.m. (local time). He wes met at the airport by Mahmoud Riad, Foreign Minister of the United Ara"b Republic; General Indar Jit Rikhye, Commander of the United Nations Emergency Force: General Odd Bull, Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine; Laurence Mlchelmore, Commiesloner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugess in the Near East, and other United Nations officials. The Secretary-General and party are staying at the Nile Hilton Hotel, as the guests of the Government of the United Arab Republic. U Thant was scheduled to confer with General Rikhye at his suite tonight, and has invited General Rikhye, General Odd Bull, and Mr. Michelmcre for a working dinner. No other appointments were scheduled tonight. U Thant will call on Mr. Riad tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. (local time) at the latter's office. En route to Cairo, the Secretary-General vas greeted in Paris by Guy de Lacharriere, Director of United Nations Affairs at the French Foreign Office, and ¥. Gibson Parker, Director of the United Nations Information Centre in laris. In Rome, he conferred at the airport with Amintore Fanfani, Foreign Minister of Italy. The Secretary-General made no statements to the press. # *** * UNITED NATIONS Press Services Office of Public Information United Nations, N.Y. (FOR USE OP INFORMATION MEDIA -- WOT AH OFFICIAL RECORD) Press Release SG/T/16U 20 May 196? SECRETABY-GSMBI&L TO VISIT CAIRO A United Nations spokesman today nade the following announcement: "As already announced, the Secretary-General was planning a trip to the Middle East, including a visit to the United Hations Emergency Force in Gaza and thereafter to Cairo towards the end of June and the beginning of July. In the present circumstances he has decided to advance his journey by a few weeks, and he will accordingly be leaving for Cairo on the evening of Monday, 22 U H I 1 E 1) iM A T 1 U M S Press Services Office of Public Information United Nations, N.Y. (FOR USE OP IHFORK^TIOK MEDIA — HOT AH OFFICIAL RECORD) Press Release EG/T/166 24 May 196? HOLDS TALKS IN CAIP.O WITH FOREIGN MINISTER OF UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC (The following was received from a United Nations Information Officer accompanying the Secretary-General,) Tbe Secretary-General, U Thant, met this morning with the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Republic, Mahmoud Riad, for two-and.-a-half hours, from 9:40 a.m. to 12:20 p.m., local time. They exchanged vievs on several aspects of the situation in the Middle East. Major General Inuar Jit Rikhye, Commander of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF), took part in the talks. At 2:30 p.m. the Secretary-General attended a lunch given in his honour lay the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Republic at the Tahrir Club. Also attending the lunch were the Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Fawzi; high officials of the Foreign Office; General Odd Bull, Commander 01 the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO); General Rikhye; Laurence Michelmore, Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UMRWA); the Resident Representative in Cairo of the United Nations Develop- ment Programme (UNDP), Vojko P. Pavicic; and members of the Secretary-General's party. At 8:00 p,m» the Secretary-General is dining with the President of the United Arab Republic, Gamal Abdel Nasser, at the latterfs residence. UNITED NATIONS Press Services Office of Public Information United Nations, N,Y. (FOR USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA — NOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD) Press Release SG/T/167 24 May 1967 SECRETARY^MERAL HOLDS .TALKS IN CAIRO WITH PRESIDENT OF UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC (The following was received from a United Nations Information Officer accompanying the Secretary-General.) The Secretary-General, U Thant, tonight attended a working dinner given by the Fres.i.'-"'.ent of the United Aral) Republic, Gamal Abdel Nasser, at the latterTs residence in Cairo. The dinner and talks lasted three hours. The discussions covered in general tersis the current situation in the Middle East, and were conducted in a very cordial atmosphere. In the course of the talks, President Nasser asked the Secretary-General and the Corir.ex.der of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF), Major General Inda^ Jit Rikhye, to convey his sincere thanks and appreciation regarding tte vork of UNEF. Others is. tr-e small group' at. the dinner were Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Afia-irs,, ifcljuoueL Fawzij ths Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Riadi and General RiLhyo. # UNITED NATIONS Press Services Office of Public Information United Nations, H.Y. (FOR USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA — NOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD) Press Release SG/SM/710 13 May 1967 STATMSNT REGARDING REPORTS EKflHflEIFS FROM ISPASL The following statement was issued today "by a United Nations spokesman: "In reply to questions regarding the reports emanating from Israel on contemplated use of force against Syria, a United Nations spokesman said today that the Secretary-General has expressed very serious concern over such reports. He pointed out that the Secretary-General's answer to a question raised at the United Nations Correspondents Association luncheon on Thursday, 11 May, cannot be interpreted as condoning resort to force by any party. The Secretary-General reiterates his appeal to all parties to observe the Armistice Agreements." * **# * UNITED NATIONS Press Services Office of Public Information United Nations, N.Y. (FOR USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA — NOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD) Press Release 20 May 1967 SECHBTABY-KgMEBALlS..MESSA(a! TO THE COMMANDER OF UNEF Following is the text of a message sent on 19 May by the Secretary-General, U Thant, to Major General I.J. Rikhye, Coinnander of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) : "Today, 19 May 196?, when the withdrawal of the United Nations Emergency Force from Gaza and Sinai is beginning, I am sending you this personal message. Your connexion with UNEF goes back to the early days of its existence when you served most ably as its first Chief of Staff and as things have turned out you have also served as its last Commander. You, therefore, know as well as any- one what the Force has achieved and what it has meant not only in terms of the maintenance of peace and quiet in its area of operation, but also in terms of the broader concept of the capacity of the United Nations to maintain peace. You have served the cause of UNEF and the United Nations most devotedly at various times during the past ten years, and I know that the withdrawal of UNEF must be a correspondingly heavy blow for you personally. You have handled the very delicate situation of the last few days with great skill and firmness and you will, I know, conduct the withdrawal of the Force with equal ability. Please accept my warm appreciation for your most distinguished service as Commander of UNEF and my personal good wishes." y t* y jt # Arn fi TV UNITED NATIONS Press Services Office of Public Information United Nations, N.Y. (FOR USE cap HJPORMATTON MEDIA -- NOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD) Press Release SG/SM/715 EMP/UU7 20 May 196? SECRETARY-GEHERALfS MESSAGE TO ALL OFFICERS AND MSN.OF UNEF Following is the text of a messaga sent on 19 May by the Secretary-General, U Thant, to all officers and men of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF): "Today, 19 May 19^7, you will have received orders to commence the with- drawal of the United Nations Emergency Force from its area of operation in Gaza and Sinai. This means that within a relatively short space of time you will be returning to your home countries, and UNBF, the first peace-keeping force of the United Nations, will no longer exist. First of all, I wish to make it entirely clear that the withdrawal of UNEF at this time for overriding political reasons is in no sense the smallest reflection upon the performance or the behaviour of the Force. On the contrary, the Force has operated with outstanding success ever since the time of its establishment more than ten years ago, and the recent months have been no exception to this very fine record. In my special report of 18 May 1967 to the General Assembly on the decision to withdraw UNEF, I said the following; "'Finally, I must express the highest appreciation to the Governments of all the Members of the United Nations which have supported UNEF and especially to those which have provided the military contingents which made up the Force. The appreciation of the United Nations is also due to the many thousand officers and men who have served so loyally and with such distinction in UNEF.