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U Thant, Sithu

* 22.1.1909 Pantanaw • † 25.11.1974 New York

Additional names: U'Thant • U-Thant
Gender: male

Reference country: Myanmar

Activity: Politician • Diplomat

Functions (1 records founds)

Date	Function	Organization	Comments
3.11.1961-31.12.1971	Secretary General	UNO	Sur sa biographie et ses archives, cf. : "U Thant, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, was chosen to head the world body when Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld was killed in an air crash in September 1961.[...]U Thant was unanimously appointed by the General Assembly to fill the unexpired term of the late Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjöld. He was then unanimously appointed Secretary-General by the General Assembly on 30.11.1962 and was re-appointed for a second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations by the General Assembly on 2.12.1966. His term of office continued until 31.12.1971." Vgl. Regenten und Regierungen der Welt (Minister-Ploetz), Bd. 5, 1972, S. 191. (30.11.1962-31.12.1971)

Written documents (3 records found)

Date	Nr	Type	Subject	Summary	L
12.8.1967	32620	Letter	Near and Middle East	The Swiss diplomat, E. Thalmann, is asked to be the Personal Representative of the UN General Secretary, with the task to establish a report on the situation in Jerusalem, specifically on the...	en
17.8.1967	32621	Letter	Near and Middle East	The UN General Secretary informs his Personal Representative in Jerusalem, E. Thalmann, that the Government of Israel promised its full cooperation. E. Thalmann is granted free access in the City of...	en
11.9.1967	32623	Letter	Near and Middle East	The UN General Secretary writes to his Personal Representative in Jerusalem, E. Thalmann, in order to express his gratitude and congratulations for producing a solid and objective report on a very...	en

Signed documents (3 records found)

Date	Nr	Type	Subject	Summary	L
12.8.1967	32620	Letter	Near and Middle East	The Swiss diplomat, E. Thalmann, is asked to be the Personal Representative of the UN General Secretary, with the task to establish a report on the situation in Jerusalem, specifically on the...	en
17.8.1967	32621	Letter	Near and Middle East	The UN General Secretary informs his Personal Representative in Jerusalem, E. Thalmann, that the Government of Israel promised its full cooperation. E. Thalmann is granted free access in the City of...	en
11.9.1967	32623	Letter	Near and Middle East	The UN General Secretary writes to his Personal Representative in Jerusalem, E. Thalmann, in order to express his gratitude and congratulations for producing a solid and objective report on a very...	en

Received documents (1 records found)

Date	Nr		Type	Subject	Summary	L
12.6.1970	36349		Note	Xenophobia, Racism, anti-Semitism	La Suisse ne juge pas nécessaire de célébrer en 1971 une année contre le racisme et la discrimination raciale.	fr

Mentioned in the documents (214 records found)

Date	Nr	Type	Subject	Summary	L
9.11.1962	30390	Minutes of negotiations of the Federal Council	Relations with the ICRC	Discussion autour de l'éventuelle mission de contrôle du CICR à Cuba. De l'avis général, il ne faudrait pas que le CICR accepte ce mandat.	fr
22.2.1963	33387	Minutes of the Federal Council	UNO – General	La Suisse participera à la Conférence de Vienne sur les relations et immunités consulaires, convoquée par l'ONU. Egalement: Département politique. Proposition du 14.1.1963 (annexe).	ml
6.5.1963	30242	Memo	UNO – General	Contrairement au souhait de l'ONU, la Suisse n'est pas prête à envoyer des instructeurs militaires au Congo. Diverses questions administratives liées à la participation suisse aux institutions...	de
10.9.1963	18983	Minutes of the Federal Council	Questions concerning the Recognition of States	Der Bundesrat erkennt Malaysia an und nimmt diplomatische Beziehungen auf.	de
12.10.1963	18876	Report	Cambodia (Politics)	1. Situation politique, 2. Gouvernement Royal, 3. Forces Armées du Royaume du Cambodge, 4. Situation économique, 5. Aide technique suisse, 6. Relations diplomatiques du Cambodge, 7. Colonie suisse, 8....	fr
14.11.1963	18900	Letter	Good offices	Die UNO ist der Schweiz für die geleisteten guten Dienste dankbar. Aus der Sicht der Schweiz, ist die Aktion positiv zu bewerten, da ein neuer Fall geschaffen wurde, in dem die Neutralität der Schweiz...	de
1964	31357	Memo	Rwanda (General)	Darstellung der seit Ende 1963 eskalierten Kämpfe zwischen Tutsi-Gruppen und der Regierung und deren Hintergründe. Auch nach diesen Ereignissen solle die technische Zusammenarbeit aber nicht...	de
22.1.1964	31045	Letter	South Africa (Economy)	Die an die Staatengemeinschaft gerichtete Aufforderung des UNO-Generalsekretärs, Auskunft über die Umsetzung der Südafrika-Resolutionen des Sicherheitsrates Bericht zu erstatten, bringt die...	de
31.1.1964	31455	Memo	Export of war material	Negative Beurteilung eines Waffenexportgesuchs nach Portugal, da nicht ausgeschlossen werden kann, dass die Waffen auch in den portugiesischen Kolonien in Afrika zum Einsatz kommen.	de
21.2.1964	31970	Minutes of negotiations of the Federal Council	Tibet (General)	Besprechung über die Stiftung Balzan, die technische Zusammenarbeit für tibetische Flüchtlinge in Nepal, sowie die Ablösung des Beschlusses betr. beschränkte Zulassung ausländischer Arbeitskräfte.	de