. r Perez
een the
am'CJ'DmClDl of
Switzer-
o
i
.8
Alem D for the public
employee federation
FE ASEP; Edilm Icaza, a
indigenou' leader;
Dixpn, r for the
reI1IReeI & El OlorriDo;
dothe .
During th evenin Gemm
ckno ledg d the pre mce of
arg rita Delgado, first
secretary the Cuban M· ion
to th U ; represent tives of
the South West Africa People's
Org ni ation of mibia; a
deleg tion of tra it workers
currently on stri e gainst
Gre 0 nd; nd sever 'I other
prominent ctivists.
,
rice
�
He ckno ledged t t the
"color blind S te Department
Foreign Service he envisions
. be . eved OYernigbt.
The Dep rtment' overall
mino . y represent lion is only
13 per cent nd "our overall
B represent tion i only .
per cent, inspite of improv�
e t over the p five years ••
He told the APEO as
e bly, meeting at t e
shington Hilton Ho
( reb 28-Aprill), it is not
intention to ugarco t reality.
A minorities have discovered
in the corporate world and else
where, it i one thing to get in
door, and quite other to
climb the I dder of success:
But State will tac e thi
problem by "reconfiguring
entry-level process to eliminate
possible bias; strengthen 0 rall
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