Today is 60th Anniversary of the appointment of U Thant from Myanmar, as the third Secretary-General of the United Nations. U Thant was unanimously appointed [...]
A new history of the turbulent 1960s told through the life of U Thant, the first UN secretary-general of color, whose decisions once shaped global war and peace. Born in a [...]
U Thant, the third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1961–1971), presided over a transformative era for the UN. He moved the organization’s focus beyond [...]
What do you wish future historians from another planet say about us humans? U Thant once asked rhetorically what we wish future historians from another planet to say about us [...]
