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United Nations Secretaries-General
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
1992-1996; Agenda for Peace proposal; Rwandan Genocide oversight
U Thant
1961-1971; Cuban Missile Crisis negotiations, decolonization support
Kurt Waldheim
1972-1981; Middle East peace talks; China's UN representation change
Maurice Strong (in memoriam)
1992; Acting Executive Coordinator for UNCED; Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
Kemal Derviş
2005-2009; Head of UNDP; Focused on development and poverty reduction
Natalie Samarasinghe
2020-present; Deputy to the Special Adviser on the Preparations for the Commemoration of the UN's 75th Anniversary
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
1982-1991; Iran-Iraq War mediation; Nicaraguan peace process
Shashi Tharoor
2001-2007; Under-Secretary-General; Communication and public information
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
1996; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Independence efforts for East Timor
Lakhdar Brahimi
1990s-2000s; Special Envoy to several regions; Negotiated ceasefires and peace accords
Ben Kioko
2020-present; Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
António Guterres
2017-present; Climate Action, support for multilateralism; Covid-19 response
Sérgio Vieira de Mello (in memoriam)
2003; UN High Commissioner for human rights; UN representative in Iraq
Louise Fréchette
1998-2006; First UN Deputy Secretary-General; reformed UN management
Ralph Bunche (in memoriam)
1950's-1970's; Mediator in various conflicts; Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Marrack Goulding (in memoriam)
1986-1993; Head of Peacekeeping Operations; Oversaw expansion of operations
Jan Eliasson
2012-2016; Deputy Secretary-General; Advocated for water and sanitation
John Ruggie (in memoriam)
1997-2001; Assistant Secretary-General; Developed UN Global Compact
Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti
2017-present; Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary-General; Senior Advisor Role
Amina J. Mohammed
2017-present; Deputy Secretary-General; Focused on sustainable development goals
José Antonio Ocampo
2003–2007; Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; Promoted economic development
Kofi Annan
1997-2006; Millennium Development Goals; Nobel Peace Prize
Ban Ki-moon
2007-2016; Climate change action; Sustainable Development Goals
Lord Caradon (Hugh Mackintosh Foot, in memoriam)
1964-1970; UK Ambassador to the UN; Led drafting of Resolution 242
Trygve Lie
1946-1952; First UN Secretary-General; mediated in the Middle East and Europe
Dag Hammarskjöld
1953-1961; Expanded UN peacekeeping; Suez Crisis intervention
Gladwyn Jebb
1945-1946; Acting Secretary-General; helped establish UN structures
Miroslav Lajčák
2017-2018; President of the UN General Assembly; Managed migration and SDGs
Brian Urquhart (in memoriam)
1971-1986; Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs; Advocated for UN peacekeeping
Navanethem Pillay
2008-2014; UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Advocated against discrimination
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