Secretaries & History
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Antonio Guterres is current UN Secretary General since 2017
Ban Ki-moon was UN Secretary General from 2007 to 2016
Kofi Annan won Nobel Peace Prize as Secretary General
Trygve Lie was the first UN Secretary General 1946
Dag Hammarskjold died in plane crash while serving as SG
UN was founded after World War II to maintain peace
League of Nations was predecessor of United Nations
India was founding member of United Nations in 1945
UN has 6 official languages English French Spanish Arabic Chinese Russian
UN Day is celebrated on October 24 every year
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was SG from Egypt 1992 to 1996
U Thant from Myanmar was third Secretary General of UN
Kurt Waldheim from Austria was UN Secretary General 1972-81
Javier Perez de Cuellar from Peru was SG from 1982 to 1991
South Korea is the home country of UN SG Ban Ki-moon