UN Secretary Generals & Ambassadors Flashcards
Served as the first acting Sec Gen
Sr. Gladwyn Jebb
Oct ‘45 - Feb ‘46
British
The First Sec Gen
Trygve Lie
Feb ‘46 - Nov ‘52
Norway
Resigned (problems with the Soviets)
Second Sec Gen
Dag Hammarskjöld
Apr ‘53 - Sep ‘61
Swedish
Died in plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) while on peacekeeping mission to the Congo
Third Sec Gen
U Thant
Nov ‘61 - Dec ‘71
Burmese
Declined to consider third term
Fourth Sec Gen
Kurt Waldheim Jan '72 - Dec '81 Austria China vetoed his third term WWII suspected war criminal
Fifth Sec Gen
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Jan ‘82 - Dec ‘91
Peru
Refused to consider third term
Sixth Sec Gen
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Jan ‘92 - Dec ‘96
Egypt (NAN insisted he came from Africa)
US vetoed his second term
Seventh Sec Gen
Kofi Annan
Jan ‘97 - Dec ‘06
Ghana (Gold Coast)
Retired
Eighth Sec Gen
Ban Ki-moon
Jan ‘07 - present
South Korea
Former SK Foreign Minister
Who did JFK describe as the “greatest statesman of our century”
Dag Hammarskjöld
What nationality was the first Secretary General
Norwegian
Who was Sec Gen during the Cuba missile crisis
U Thant
Who was Sec Gen at the end of the cold war
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Who was Sec Gen during the Falkands Conflict
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Who was UN Sec Gen between 1945 & 1952
Trygve Lie
Who was Sec Gen between 1953 & 1961
Dag Hammarskjöld
Who was Sec Gen between 1961 & 1971
U Thant
Who was Sec Gen between 1972 & 1981
Kurt Waldheim
Who was Sec Gen between 1982 & 1991
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Who was Sec Gen between 1992 & 1996
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Who was Sec Gen between 1997 & 2006
Kofi Annan
What address in Manhattan is the official residence of the Sec Gen
Sutton Place
Built for Anne Morgan, the daughter of J.P. Morgan and donated as a gift to the UN in 1972
Who is the current Deputy Sec Gen
Jan Eliasson
Jul ‘12 - present
Swedish
Who was briefly the British UN Dep Sec Gen
Mark Malloch Brown
Apr ‘06 - Dec ‘06
Who was the first UN Goodwill Ambassador
Danny Kaye in 1954 (appointed by UNICEF)
Who is the current UK ambassador to the UN
Sir Mark Lyall-Grant
