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Jun 8, 2024 · U Thant was responsible for calling for the UN’s first-ever document on the global environment – “Problems of the Human Environment”, produced in 1969. By Don de Silva.
4 days ago · Situated halfway between the United Nations complex and Long Island City is a tiny 1/2 acre island that appeared in the East River in the 1890s. U Thant Island, as it is known, is nicknamed after...
Jun 24, 2024 · In 1971, then UN Secretary-General U Thant declared 22 April as the world’s first Earth Day. But it took the General Assembly 38 years to catch up. In 2009, Member States designated 5 June as...
2 days ago · United Nations - Secretaries General: The table provides a chronological list of the secretaries-general of the UN.
3 days ago · On 25 August 1962 Khrushchev met with UN Secretary General U Thant, who was visiting the Soviet Union. U Thant seemed remarkably well disposed to the Soviet line on Berlin: "…my personal opinion completely agrees with yours, that a peace treaty needs to be signed…I completely agree with the Soviet government in this regard.
Jun 11, 2024 · Born in the delta of the Irrawaddy River in Lower Burma under British rule, U Thant was educated at Rangoon University after winning a national translation competition as a high-school student.
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Jun 9, 2024 · Ban Ki-Moon, South Korean diplomat and politician who served as the eighth secretary-general (2007–16) of the United Nations. During his two terms, he faced a number of challenges, including the North Korean and Iranian nuclear threats, troubles in the Middle East, and the Syrian Civil War.
