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Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.

-U Thant

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PHOTO EXHIBIT, SYMPOSIUM HONOR U THANT, 3RD UN CHIEF
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
U Thant27 October 2009, Westport, Connecticut, USA

The greatest legacy of the former United Nations head U Thant is his belief in the dignity of the individual, said Mr. Kiyo Akasaka, the UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, as he helped open a photographic exhibition dedicated to the Organization’s third Secretary-General.

At the exhibit’s opening last week at the Stamford campus of the University of Connecticut, Mr. Akasaka stated that U Thant was a visionary who had realized that the UN “needed to meet the needs and hopes of peoples everywhere.
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Centenary Celebration of U Thant's birth
Thursday, 22 January 2009
One hundred years ago on this very day U Thant, former United Nations Secretary-General (1961-1971), was born in Pantanaw, Myanmar.  U Thant was the first of four sons of U Po Hnit and his wife, Daw Nan Thaung.

U Thant became the Third Secretary-General of the United Nations on November 30, 1962, for a term of office ending on November 3, 1966. He was re-appointed for a second term by the General Assembly on December 2, 1966, on the unanimous recommendation of the Security Council.

U Thant was married to Daw Thein Tin. He was survived by a daughter, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. U Thant died of in New York on November 25, 1974.

Let's celebrate the Centenary of U Thant's birth!

 
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