GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

WORLD ORGANISATIONS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Who of the following was the U.N.O.’s first Secretary General from the African continent?

A	Javier Perez de Cuellar
B	Ban Ki-moon
C	Boutros Boutros-Ghali
D	Kofi Anan

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -He was the first Arab and first African to hold the leading UN post. A descendant of one of Egypt’s most distinguished Coptic Christian families, Boutros-Ghali received a bachelor’s degree from Cairo University (1946) and a Ph.

Detailed explanation-2: -After World War II, he served as executive secretary of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations in August 1945, being appointed Acting United Nations secretary-general from October 1945 to February 1946 until the appointment of the first secretary-general, Trygve Lie.

Detailed explanation-3: -An academic who previously served as acting foreign minister and vice foreign minister of Egypt, Boutros-Ghali oversaw the UN over a period coinciding with several world crises, including the Breakup of Yugoslavia and the Rwandan genocide.

Detailed explanation-4: -Boutros-Ghali, 93, was the first African to assume the United Nations’ top post, but his run as secretary-general ended when the United States vetoed his nomination for a second five-year term. Another African, Kofi Annan of Ghana, replaced him.

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