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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Perez de Cuellar, who recently died at 100, was the former Secretary General of which organization?
A
WHO
B
United Nations
C
NATO
D
UNESCO
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pérez de Cuéllar celebrated his 100th birthday in January 2020 and received congratulations from the United Nations on his 100 years of life. He was the first UN secretary-general to become a centenarian. Pérez de Cuéllar died at his home in Lima on 4 March 2020, aged 100.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mr. Perez de Cuellar was Ambassador of Peru to Switzerland, the Soviet Union, Poland and Venezuela.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mr. Annan was born in Kumasi, Ghana, on 8 April 1938, and was fluent in English, French and several African languages. Kofi Annan died on 18 August 2018 in Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 80.

Detailed explanation-4: -Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (Peru) served as the fifth Secretary-General from 1982-1991.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kurt Waldheim was appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations for a five-year term beginning on 1 January 1972. The Security Council had recommended the appointment on 21 December 1971 and the General Assembly approved it by acclamation on the following day.

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