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UN Secretary Generals & Ambassadors Flashcards

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Served as the first acting Sec Gen

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Sr. Gladwyn Jebb
Oct ‘45 - Feb ‘46
British

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The First Sec Gen

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Trygve Lie
Feb ‘46 - Nov ‘52
Norway
Resigned (problems with the Soviets)

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Second Sec Gen

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Dag Hammarskjöld
Apr ‘53 - Sep ‘61
Swedish
Died in plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) while on peacekeeping mission to the Congo

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Third Sec Gen

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U Thant
Nov ‘61 - Dec ‘71
Burmese
Declined to consider third term

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Fourth Sec Gen

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Kurt Waldheim
Jan '72 - Dec '81
Austria
China vetoed his third term
WWII suspected war criminal
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Fifth Sec Gen

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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Jan ‘82 - Dec ‘91
Peru
Refused to consider third term

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Sixth Sec Gen

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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Jan ‘92 - Dec ‘96
Egypt (NAN insisted he came from Africa)
US vetoed his second term

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Seventh Sec Gen

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Kofi Annan
Jan ‘97 - Dec ‘06
Ghana (Gold Coast)
Retired

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Eighth Sec Gen

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Ban Ki-moon
Jan ‘07 - present
South Korea
Former SK Foreign Minister

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Who did JFK describe as the “greatest statesman of our century”

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Dag Hammarskjöld

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What nationality was the first Secretary General

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Norwegian

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12
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Who was Sec Gen during the Cuba missile crisis

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U Thant

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Who was Sec Gen at the end of the cold war

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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

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Who was Sec Gen during the Falkands Conflict

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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

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Who was UN Sec Gen between 1945 & 1952

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Trygve Lie

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16
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Who was Sec Gen between 1953 & 1961

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Dag Hammarskjöld

17
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Who was Sec Gen between 1961 & 1971

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U Thant

18
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Who was Sec Gen between 1972 & 1981

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Kurt Waldheim

19
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Who was Sec Gen between 1982 & 1991

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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

20
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Who was Sec Gen between 1992 & 1996

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Boutros Boutros-Ghali

21
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Who was Sec Gen between 1997 & 2006

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Kofi Annan

22
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What address in Manhattan is the official residence of the Sec Gen

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Sutton Place

Built for Anne Morgan, the daughter of J.P. Morgan and donated as a gift to the UN in 1972

23
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Who is the current Deputy Sec Gen

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Jan Eliasson
Jul ‘12 - present
Swedish

24
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Who was briefly the British UN Dep Sec Gen

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Mark Malloch Brown

Apr ‘06 - Dec ‘06

25
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Who was the first UN Goodwill Ambassador

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Danny Kaye in 1954 (appointed by UNICEF)

26
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Who is the current UK ambassador to the UN

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Sir Mark Lyall-Grant

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