imposed on that Latin American country, 176. As hostilities in the conflict were assuming. proportions which could grow out of the control of the parties and extend to cover a wider area, thus exacer- bating the grave threat to international peace and security, and as other peace initiatives, particularly those of the Secretary-General, with the support of the President of the Council, encountered obstacles which it has been impossible to overcome so far, the Presi- dent of the Republic of Peru proposed to the Covern- ments of Argentina and the United Kingdom, on 20 May, a new formula to bring about peace in the South Atlantic. The idea of that formula was that, it being impossible so far to achieve a formal agreement, the parties would subscribe separately to the latest pso- posal for agreement submitted by them to the Sec- retary-General, and that would bring about com- pliance with those clauses on which there existed common ground. For example, there could be a cease- fire, the mutual withdrawal of forces and the adminis- tration of the islands by the United Nations or by a contact group made up of several countries, within an agreed time-frame. 172. On 28 April, the Twentieth Meeting of Consul- tation approved, with some modifications, the reso- lution proposed by Peru and co-sponsored Costa Rica and Honduras [S/15008, fln/zc.~I. by Brazil, 173. AS the tireless endeavours of the United States Secretary of State met with no response and did not yield the results hoped for by the parties, the Govern- ment of Peru, because of its profound concern at the aggravation of the conflict, considered it indispensable to continue exploring possible formulas for bringing the parties together and preventing a further deepening of the crisis already existing between Argentina and 