Pay increase for Thant
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) NEW YORK, Nov. 30.
The United Nations yesterday put aside the cold warnow a triangular Chinese-Soviet-American affair—and, in a rare spirit of unanimity, voted the Secretary-General (U Thant) a $U512,500 rise, from his present figure of $50,000. In addition, the Assembly almost doubled the pension U Thant will receive on his retirement on December 31, from half his net salary to half his gross salary. The Soviet Union proposal for a world disarmament conference, which brought two sharp clashes last week between the Russian and Chinese Deputy Foreign Ministers, was shelved until Wednesday, the delegates devoting themselves to budgetary questions, South Africa’s policy of apartheid, international co-operation in space, a.id preparations for a moon treaty.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32778, 1 December 1971, Page 17
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