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United Nations Peacekeeping
Today, 01 February 2021, marks 70 years of electing Trygve Lie as the first UN Secretary-General. Following his recommendation by the Security Council, the General Assembly held a secret ballot, which saw Lie, a former Norwegian foreign minister, elected with 46 votes to 3.
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Trygve Halvdan Lie
United Nations General Assembly at Westminster
The SG REMARKS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SOLEMN MEETING IN COMMEMORATION OF ALL VICTIMS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Western Sahara
The SG speech during the official ceremony of the UN Day
Secretary General Antonio Guterres
Stéphane Dujarric, the Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
United Nations Annual Report
In a world turned upside down, this General Assembly Hall is among the strangest sights of all. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our annual meeting beyond r ecognition.