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PHOTO EXHIBIT, SYMPOSIUM HONOR U THANT, 3RD UN CHIEF |
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 |
 27 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 |
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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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