• United Nations secretary-general selection is the process of selecting the next secretary-general of the United Nations. To be selected as secretary-general...
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    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...
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    secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or UNSECGEN) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    original text related to this article: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 (XXVI) The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 (also known...
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    On 25 October 1971, the 21st time the United Nations General Assembly debated on the PRC's admission into the UN, United Nations General Assembly Resolution...
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  • The United Nations General Assembly has granted observer status to international organizations, entities, and non-member states, to enable them to participate...
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  • of China (PRC) in 1971. Separately, the charter also allows suspension of a state from the membership in the United Nations General Assembly. During the...
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    United Nations. 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2017. "Former Secretaries-General". United Nations....
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    United Nations and to gaining their support for" its work. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a further resolution (United Nations Resolution...
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    United Nations Secretary-General U Thant, a Hymn to the United Nations was performed on the occasion of its 26th anniversary, on 24 October 1971, by Pau Casals...
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    The UN Secretary-General in World Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 7. "An Historical Overview on the Selection of United Nations Secretaries-General"...
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    U Thant (category Secretaries-General of the United Nations)
    θɑːnt/), was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-Scandinavian to hold the position...
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  • the United Nations General Assembly adopted rules of procedure concerning languages that purported to apply to "all the organs of the United Nations, other...
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  • A United Nations General Assembly resolution is a decision or declaration voted on by all member states of the United Nations in the General Assembly....
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  • by nations exerting general control over the Assembly, corruption, and misappropriation of resources. A number of decisions by the United Nations are...
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    member states to the United Nations or nominees for the office of Secretary-General. This veto right does not carry over into General Assembly matters or...
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    January. The General Assembly formally recognized 24 October as United Nations Day in 1947, and declared it an official international holiday in 1971. With 193...
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    The president of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis...
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    Security Council or the General Assembly, in the form of United Nations Security Council resolutions and United Nations General Assembly resolutions, respectively...
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    the General Assembly, giving a total of 15 UN member states on the Security Council, which convenes meetings at the headquarters of the United Nations in...
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    The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC; French: Office des Nations unies contre la drogue et le crime) is a United Nations office that was...
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    the United Nations, including the Secretary General, can be the proper instance to decide on the continued existence or the dissolution of the United Nations...
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    states in the United Nations (UN), each of which is a member of the United Nations General Assembly. The following is a list of United Nations member states...
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    the initial ceasefire came into effect, and requested the United Nations Secretary-General to undertake measures toward the placement of observers to...
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    António Guterres (category Secretaries-General of the United Nations)
    politician and diplomat. Since 2017, he has served as secretary-general of the United Nations, the ninth person to hold this title. A member of the Portuguese...
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