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United NationsFormer Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar
1982 - 1991
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1982
The Vermouth Goes in by the Drop (May 24, 1982)
In the 1982 selection of the UN Secretary General, China refused to re-elect Kurt Waldheim for a third term and the US did not accept the Tanzanian candidate. After a six-week stalemate, the US and China agreed on a compromise candidate – Javier Perez de Cuellar. Prior to his selection, Perez de Cuellar had revealed himself several times as a great mediator, according to this article. Skills needed at his first serious challenge as Secretary General in trying to mediate between Buenos Aires and London over the Falkland Islands. (Time)
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