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Stevenson and Zorin conf; USSR now reptdly backs 5-man directorate including 1 from Latin Amer; India denies rept on Indian interim plan
Guatemalan Min Unda Murillo protests S Afr refusal to allow UN comm to enter territory, s, Assembly; scores apartheid
Rockefeller doubts Nixon eliminates self, press conf; sees draft possible
Rusk-Gromyko talks expected to continue; found more fruitful than bitter exchs of notes; Gromyko reptd relaxing tension; speculation on strategy
US and Brit resolution for Assembly com debate urges banning nuclear tests in 'all environments' under effective control; provides pact be open to ratification by all states; urges resumption of Geneva 3-power conf
1961Mohammed Dahlan, Palestinian politician[†]
Mohammad Yusuf Dahlan is a Palestinian politician. Arrested by Israel for being involved with the Fatah Hawks—the Fatah youth movement—he subsequently helped in negotiations for the Oslo Accords, later becoming a critic of Yasser Arafat. The former leader of Fatah in the Gaza Strip, Dahlan's power there as head of the Preventive Security Force was at one time so substantial that the territory was nicknamed "Dahlanistan". Seen as a favorite by the George W. Bush administration to be Mahmoud Abbas' second-in-command, Dahlan was appointed by the latter to head the Palestinian National Security Council. An antagonist of Hamas, he participated in the Fatah–Hamas Mecca Agreement before his power began to decline after the latter gained the upper hand in the Battle of Gaza. He was controversially elected to the Central Committee of Fatah amid allegations of fraud. Living in exile in Abu Dhabi, Dahlan has, according to Foreign Policy, had a hand in facilitating the Abraham Accords.
1961Julia Gillard, Welsh-Australian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Australia[†]
Julia Eileen Gillard is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. She held office as the leader of the Labor Party (ALP), having previously served as the 13th deputy prime minister from 2007 to 2010. She is the first and only woman to hold either office in Australian history.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]