United Nations Secretary-General
The United Nations Secretary-General is one of the most important people in the United Nations. The Secretary-General is important in international talks. The current Secretary-General is António Guterres.
Secretaries-General
| Photo | Secretary-General | Dates in office | Country of origin | Remarks | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sir Gladwyn Jebb | October 24, 1945– February 2, 1946 |
United Kingdom Europe |
Acting Secretary-General | ||
| 1 |  |
Trygve Lie | February 2, 1946 – November 10, 1952 |
Norway Europe |
Resigned | [1] |
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Dag Hammarskjöld | April 10, 1953 – September 18, 1961 |
Sweden (Europe) |
Died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) | [2] |
| 3 |  |
U Thant | November 30, 1961 – December 31, 1971 |
Burma Asia |
Retired after 2nd term for personal reasons | [3] |
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Kurt Waldheim | January 1, 1972 – December 31, 1981 |
Austria Europe |
Chinese veto for his third term | [4] |
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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | January 1, 1982 – December 31, 1991 |
Peru South America |
Refused a third term | [5] |
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali | January 1, 1992 – December 31, 1996 |
Egypt Africa |
American veto of his second term | [6] |
| 7 |  |
Kofi Annan | January 1, 1997– December 31, 2006 |
Ghana Africa |
Retired after two terms | [7] |
| 8 |  |
Ban Ki-moon | January 1, 2007– December 31, 2016 |
South Korea Asia |
Retired after two terms | [8] |
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António Guterres | January 1, 2017– present |
Portugal Europe |
[9] |
United Nations Secretary-General Media
The Secretariat Building is a 154 metres-tall (505 ft) skyscraper and the centerpiece of the Headquarters of the United Nations.
Utenriksminister Trygve Lie i Sverige. Under sitt besøk i Sverige i oktober-november 1944 arrangerte utenriksminister Trygve Lie på Grand Hotel i Stockholm en lunch, hvori deltok medlemmer av den svenske regjering, Norges og allierte nasjoners sendemenn i Sverige, fremstående norske og svenske militære sjefer o.a. Utenriksminister Trygve Lie ankom til Stockholm natt til 29. oktober 1944 sammen med justisminister Terje Wold, medisinaldirektør Karl Evang og to sekretærer.
Trygve Lie's signature.
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961)
Dag Hammarskjöld signature
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Kurt Waldheim, secretary-general of the United Nations, during a press conference at the UN Headquarters in New York City
Kurt Waldheim's signature.
References
- ↑ "Trygve Lie". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ↑ "Dag Hammarskjold". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ↑ "U Thant". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ↑ "Kurt Waldheim". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ↑ "Javier Pérez de Cuéllar". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ↑ "Boutros Boutros-Ghali". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ↑ "Kofi Annan". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ↑ "Ban Ki-moon". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ↑ Alexander, Harriet (5 October 2016). "Who is Antonio Guterres, the next Secretary-General of the United Nations?". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/05/antonio-guterres-to-be-new-secretary-general-of-the-united-natio/. Retrieved 6 October 2016.