UNITED NATIONS: ARTHUR GOLDBERG EXPLAINS REASONS FOR HIS RESIGNATION

Record ID: 337120

  • Title: UNITED NATIONS: ARTHUR GOLDBERG EXPLAINS REASONS FOR HIS RESIGNATION
  • Date: 26th April 1968
  • Summary: UNITED NATIONS; GOLDBERG SPEAKING AT NEWS CONFERENCE. TRANSCRIPT: REPORTER: WHY ARE YOU RESIGNING, SIR? GOLDBERG: BECAUSE, AS I SAID IN MY STATEMENT, WHICH IS AVAILABLE, I FEEL THAT I HAVE DONE WHAT I CAN DO AT THE U.N. IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE, AND I FEEL THAT I NOW CAN BEST CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CAUSE OF PEACE FREE FROM THE INTENSE PREOCCUPATION OF
  • Embargoed: 11th May 1968 13:00
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  • Location: UNITED NATIONS
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA93IIISDE6X8KM73TCJZ6M6J4A
  • Story Text: THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS, MR. ARTHUR GOLDBERG, HAS TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION ASKING TO LEAVE HIS POST AT THE END OF THE PRESENT RESUMED SESSION OF THE WORLD ORGANISATION.

    MR. GOLDBERG WAS THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS. HE SAID HE FELT HE HAD ACHIEVED WHAT COULD IN THE INTERESTS OF PEACE IN THE UNITED NATIONS.

    MR. GOLDBERG ANSWERED QUESTIONS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE OF THE REASONS FOR HIS RESIGNATION.
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