Third Secretary-General of the United Nations(Part-2)

Third Secretary-General of the United Nations(Part-2)
U THANT
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When U Nu became the prime minister of the newly independent Burma(now Myanmar), U Thant was secretary to the prime minister, writing speeches for U Nu, arranging his foreign travel, and meeting foreign visitors. During this entire period, he was U Nu's closest confidant and advisor.


He also took part in a number of international conferences and was the secretary of the first Asian-African summit in 1955 at Bandung, Indonesia. From 1957 to 1961, he was Myanmar's permanent representative to the United Nations and became actively involved in negotiations over Algerian independence. U Thant began serving as acting Secretary-General from November 3 , 1961. He was chosen for the post when his predecessor, Dag Hammarskjold, diedvin September 1961. He was then appointed secretary-general by the General Assembly on November 30, 1962, for a two-term of office ending in 1971.

U Thant died on November 25, 1974 and was succeeded by Kurt Waldheim. U Thant was 65 years old when he died.

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