Secretaries & History
World Organizations · महासचिव और इतिहास · 12 facts
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Antonio Guterres is current UN Secretary General since 2017
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Ban Ki-moon was UN Secretary General from 2007 to 2016
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Kofi Annan won Nobel Peace Prize as Secretary General
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Trygve Lie was the first UN Secretary General 1946
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Dag Hammarskjold died in plane crash while serving as SG
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UN was founded after World War II to maintain peace
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League of Nations was predecessor of United Nations
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India was founding member of United Nations in 1945
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UN has 6 official languages English French Spanish Arabic Chinese Russian
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UN Day is celebrated on October 24 every year
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali was SG from Egypt 1992 to 1996
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U Thant from Myanmar was third Secretary General of UN