Discord triumphs—U.N. chief
NZPA New York The United Nations Secre-tary-General, Mr Javier Perez de Cuellar, said yesterday that 1982 so far had been a year when discord had more often than not triumphed over harmony, causing frustration for the world body. He made the observation at the start of a two-hour United Nations Day concert by the New York Philhar-
monic under the baton of Zubin Mehta, who told the cheering audience of 2000 at the end of the performance: “One thought crosses my mind — that on such an auspicious occasion, you consider that we can play harmony and you can’t.” Speaking on the thirtyseventh anniversary of the charter that established the foundation for the United Nations, the Secretary-
General said that the 157-member organisation had had a ' frustrating time. “But that is not despair or for questioning the validity of our efforts,” he said. In the past few weeks, he had spoken with the leaders or Foreign Ministers of virtually all United Nationmember nations.
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