Another conflict has broken out requiring fast action by the United Nations Security Council. Alas, this one is in the council's own chamber. The row between U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and the U.N.'s center of power turned even more acrimonious when the Secretary-General suggested, in an interview published in the New York Times, that racism might be a factor behind a torrent of criticism from the British press. "Maybe," surmised ) Boutros-Ghali, it was "because I'm a wog." Western diplomats were shocked at the insinuation and the epithet; but many Third World envoys quietly nodded their assent, reflecting the deep North-South...
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