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83. Position Paper Prepared in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs

—barring some additional major crises—should not differ substantially from recent Assemblies. It will deal with a familiar list of perennials and ongoing programs. Many key questions—Middle East, some aspects of disarmament, Asian regional security, Nigeria, and perhaps peacekeeping—will be discussed off stage but will be of major interest to the Assembly. The atmosphere is somewhat better than last year when the invasion of Czechoslovakia underscored the UN ’s limitations in dealing with issues involving the vital interests of the superpowers. The President’s policy of moving from confrontati…