In October 1965 everyone on the Nobel Peace Prize Committee voted to award that year’s prize to then U.N. Secretary-General U Thant, for defusing the Cuban Missile [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
