• Thumbnail for Secretary-General of the United Nations
    The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or UNSECGEN) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations...
    34 KB (1,511 words) - 07:55, 17 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
    An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the General Assembly...
    15 KB (1,567 words) - 23:07, 25 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
    The deputy secretary-general of the United Nations is the deputy to the secretary-general of the United Nations. The office was created to handle many...
    9 KB (561 words) - 23:42, 14 March 2024
  • United Nations Secretary-General selection is the process of selecting the next secretary-general of the United Nations. To be selected as secretary-general...
    35 KB (4,333 words) - 17:05, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2021 United Nations Secretary-General selection
    A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in June 2021 to choose the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Incumbent António Guterres was...
    14 KB (1,023 words) - 21:33, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2016 United Nations Secretary-General selection
    A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in October 2016 to choose the ninth secretary-general of the United Nations to succeed Ban Ki-moon...
    39 KB (2,524 words) - 10:19, 12 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection
    A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 2006 to succeed Kofi Annan, whose second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations ran...
    20 KB (1,494 words) - 18:37, 11 December 2023
  • The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. Many of the individuals who...
    2 KB (46 words) - 18:14, 25 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1961 United Nations Secretary-General selection
    A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 1961 to replace Dag Hammarskjöld after he was killed in a plane crash. After initial Soviet attempts...
    23 KB (2,686 words) - 18:40, 11 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for 1996 United Nations Secretary-General selection
    A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 1996 at the end of Boutros Boutros-Ghali's first term. Boutros-Ghali ran unopposed for a second...
    20 KB (2,303 words) - 18:42, 11 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for United Nations Secretariat
    The United Nations Secretariat is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), The secretariat is the UN's executive arm. The secretariat...
    23 KB (2,382 words) - 15:25, 10 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for United Nations System
    The United Nations System consists of the United Nations' six principal bodies (the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)...
    27 KB (2,637 words) - 22:56, 12 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1946 United Nations Secretary-General selection
    The United Nations Secretary-General selection of 1946 took place at the opening session of the United Nations in London. The General Assembly first voted...
    14 KB (1,405 words) - 13:53, 11 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Member states of the United Nations
    have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. The Charter of the United Nations defines the rules for admission of member states. Membership is...
    112 KB (8,360 words) - 22:45, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1981 United Nations Secretary-General selection
    A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 1981. Kurt Waldheim ran for an unprecedented third full term as Secretary-General, losing to Salim...
    28 KB (2,480 words) - 02:22, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
    after the Secretary-General of the United Nations while the undersecretary general is the second highest position within the framework of the OIC's decision...
    8 KB (411 words) - 16:47, 14 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for United Nations University
    UN Secretary-General U Thant proposed "the establishment of a United Nations university, truly international and devoted to the Charter objectives of peace...
    21 KB (1,612 words) - 09:20, 25 March 2024
  • representative of the Secretary-General is a highly respected expert who has been appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to represent...
    18 KB (2,262 words) - 18:17, 7 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for 1953 United Nations Secretary-General selection
    A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 1953 after Trygve Lie announced his intention of resigning. Lie had been at odds with the Soviet...
    26 KB (2,878 words) - 13:51, 11 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1991 United Nations Secretary-General selection
    A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 1991 to replace Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, whose second term would end on 31 December 1991. Boutros...
    18 KB (1,283 words) - 10:16, 12 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for United Nations General Assembly
    The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; French: Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving...
    52 KB (5,105 words) - 14:59, 25 April 2024
  • The Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General is a department of the United Nations that provides information to the news media regarding the...
    2 KB (230 words) - 20:42, 23 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for 1976 United Nations Secretary-General selection
    A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 1976 at the end of Kurt Waldheim's first term. After a single symbolic veto from China to show...
    7 KB (720 words) - 18:41, 11 December 2023
  • selected from member states. List of secretaries-general of the United Nations Northedge, F. S. (1986) The League of Nations: Its Life and Times, 1920–1946...
    7 KB (77 words) - 10:27, 11 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for United Nations laissez-passer
    A United Nations laissez-passer (UNLP or LP) is a diplomatic travel document issued by the United Nations under the provisions of Article VII of the 1946...
    11 KB (1,047 words) - 22:02, 15 March 2024
  • Party General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party General Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party General Secretary of the Bulgarian...
    13 KB (1,170 words) - 23:41, 13 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for 1961 Ndola Transair Sweden DC-6 crash
    all people on board, including Dag Hammarskjöld, the second secretary-general of the United Nations, and 15 others. Hammarskjöld had been en route to...
    31 KB (3,019 words) - 02:40, 27 April 2024
  • Envoy of the Secretary-General (SESG) is a senior United Nations official appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to deal with a set of specific...
    11 KB (1,154 words) - 22:05, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of the United Nations
    priority the establishment of the United Nations to replace the defunct League of Nations. Roosevelt planned that it would be controlled by the United States...
    46 KB (5,312 words) - 18:09, 27 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1971 United Nations Secretary-General selection
    A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 1971 to succeed U Thant, who was stepping down after two full terms. Three candidates received...
    28 KB (2,571 words) - 13:47, 11 April 2024