Perched on observers' chairs off to one side of the high-ceilinged hall that houses the U:N. Security Council, two rival delegations from the Congo last week waited eagerly to see which would be recognized by the U.N. as the legitimate voice of the Congolese government. In the end, as if talking over the heads of the Congolese, the Council decided to hear neither. For almost overnight the primary concern of the Security Council had shifted from the intricacies of Congolese politics to a crucial debate on the competence and authority of the...
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