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U Thant - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia
Feb 21, 2017
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Exactly 55 years ago: U Thant of Burma is sworn in as Acting United Nations Secretary General. He succeeded Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden who had died in a mysterious plane crass en route to the Congo. This was during the height of the Cold War. The Soviet Union had been insisting on a 'Troika' formula of three Secretaries-General, something which would have effectively destroyed the institution. U Thant emerged as the only person both Moscow and Washington could agree on as a temporary replacement
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U Thant of Myanmar, served two terms at the helm of the United Nations. He was first appointed in an acting capacity in 1961 - in the aftermath of his predecessor's death - followed by two unanimous appointments for a full term, respectively, in 1962 and 1966. In this edition of Character Sketches, UN veteran Brian Urquhart presents an up-close look into the decade-long tenure of the UN's third Secretary-General, with a detailed account of how U Thant steered the Organization through increasingl
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