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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, December 21, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes sunday december 21,1986 , backs changes in Structure United nations not moving id save the United nations from bankruptcy the general Assembly agreed unanimously Friday on a Resolution to revamp the administration and budget making pro Cess of the world body. The Compromise Agni mini came after months of debate in closed door sessions with the major donors including the United suites and the soviet Union on one Side and he developing countries which make up the majority of the . Membership but pay Little of ils costs on the  sides claimed Victory Friday but acknowledged thai member countries would have 10 exercise Good will to make the revisions work. We got Mosi of what we wanted and so did nearly everyone  said Mcmon a. Walters the chief american Delegate who had pushed hard for revisions. It was a Long Tough negotiation and the result will be a better leaner More efficient United nations better Able to play the role envisaged Bylic founding  Walters said the Resolution will greatly strengthen my hand in going Back to the . Congress to restore cuts in the United states Contr Bulion to the United nations. Last year the United states refused to pay j110 million of ils $210 million annual contribution demanding a greater voice in budget decisions and accusing the world body of fiscal irresponsibility a bloated bureaucracy anti americanism and abuse of Job appointments. The Resolution Calls for the carrying out of Many of the 70 revisions proposed last August by an 18-Mcmbcr group of experts. It gives the 21-country committee for program and coordination a key role i preparing the budget. The committee will now receive budget proposals a year in and Vance set a ceiling on the budget decide on its Content and set a limit on appropriation thai could be added later on by the Assembly. All of these decisions Are sup posed to be made unanimously. This would give each of the committee members a veto and Ihus More Power to the major donors represented on the com  of the committee for program and coordination Are elected by the As Sembly for three year terms. Current Mem Bers Are Argentina. Bangladesh. Benin Brazil Britain Turkina faso byelorussian Cameroon China France West Germany Indonesia Japan the Netherlands Peru Trinidad and Tobago the soviet Union Tunisia the United states Yugoslavia and  approval of the budget will still be made by majority vote of the general As Sembly a system thai Secretary of slate George p. Shutlz has called taxation with out representation because the United states which is supposed to pay 25 percent of the budget has Only one vote. 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Times Square Uso being evicted new York not the times Square Uso Center Long part of a net work known As a Soldier s Home away from Home May soon become a Otliss. The Center in the basement of thelow s state theater building at West 45lh Street and Broadway is being evicted to make room for a times Square redevelopment project. It s not just another tight gone out on Roadway said the Center s executive director Robert l. Riddell. It s a  the Loew s building was sold 10 month Sago to Ems development corp. And times Square Developer Bruce  new owners plan to demolish it and build a Structure that would include a 160-car parking garage four movie Heaters a retail Arcade 600 hotel rooms and 240 apartments. Officials of the United service Organiza Tion received an eviction notice last month ordering them to leave the building by feb. 5. They say relocation by thai Date is Al most impossible. They want an Extension. We knew it was sold we knew eventually we had to move Riddell said. The thing that threw us is that they gave us Only 90 Days  it s unfortunate said the president of Ems development Stephen Barini. We arc going to demand thai they be Oul bul we Are presently trying to locate a new spot  Uso officials said the developers were sympathetic but thai is not enough they in the i state area Paul r. Screvane. Riddell said the Uso is seeking about 4,000 Square feel of office space preferably in the times Square area and preferably on aground floor. We re looking fora proper place where transients could visually see us gel to us and gel Oul he said. What Good Are we on the 38lh floor of some Midtown office building the location the setting it s so  rent for the 4,600 Square feel of office space used by the Uso is about $40,000 a year Riddel said. Amenities such As food and furniture Are donated. Rent utilities and salaries Are paid by Uso. A non profit organization thai receives no govern ment funding. The in state area Uso currently main ins another Center at Kennedy internal offices Arcati National Airport and ils corporate offices a at 140 West st., near the world Trade Cen Ter. The Center formally known As the Gen. Douglas Macarthur memorial Center Hai been at its current location since 1968 and in the times Square area since 1941. I serves tens of thousands of soldiers sailors and airmen and their family members each year Screvane said. We re still looking at other locations Screvane said. But the kids want to stay uitime Square. We did the polls and plus u where they want to be. This is where the action is the role of the Uso has changed Over he years. During world War ii the Korkor War and the Vietnam War the organization became famous for providing entertainment dances concerts and shows for members of the military away from Home. I was the one Anchor for us who were on the move said Riddell who served in the Navy in world War ii. 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