Interim Commander of UNIFIL Meets With Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO
Major-General Emmanuel Erskine (Ghana), Interim Commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), met in Beirut today with the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Mr. Yasser Arafat. During the meeting, General Erskine conveyed to Mr. Arafat an appeal which Secretary-general Kurt Waldheim issued on 27 March for a general cease-fire in Southern Lebanon.
Mr. Arafat greeting General Erskine at the PLO Headquarters in Beirut. Looking on are Mr. James O C Jonah. (2nd from right), of the Secretary-General's office.