Erik Andreas Colban worked with the Secretary-General of the United Nations who earned a reputation as what?
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Erik Colban Erik Andreas Colban (18 October 1876 – 28 March 1956) was a Norwegian diplomat. Colban had many important roles in Norwegian diplomacy; especially being named to the post of Norwegian Ambassador in London before and during the Second World War. Colban also worked with the League of Nations and the United Nations where Norwegian Trygve Lie served as the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Trygve Lie Trygve Halvdan Lie (] ; 16 July 1896 – 30 December 1968) was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian Foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations. Lie earned a reputation as a pragmatic, determined politician.
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United Nations Secretariat The United Nations Secretariat (French: "le Secrétariat des Nations unies" ) is one of the six major organs of the United Nations, with the others being (a) the General Assembly; (b) the Security Council; (c) the Economic and Social Council; (d) the defunct Trusteeship Council; and (e) the International Court of Justice. The Secretariat is the United Nations' executive arm. The Secretariat has an important role in setting the agenda for the UN's deliberative and decision making bodies of the UN (the General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, and Security Council), and the implementation of the decision of these bodies. The Secretary-General, who is appointed by the General Assembly, is the head of the secretariat.
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Javier Solana Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga, KOGF (] ; born 14 July 1942) is a Spanish physicist and Socialist politician. After serving in the Spanish government under Felipe González (1982–1995) and Secretary General of NATO (1995–1999), he was appointed the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and Secretary-General of the Western European Union and held these posts from October 1999 until December 2009.
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Robert Glasser Robert Glasser is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and heads the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). Australian national Glasser was nominated in November 2015 by Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon to succeed Margareta Wahlström of Sweden, who was the first such Special Representative and had been appointed in November 2008. Glasser took up his post in January 2016.
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Bo Schack Bo Schack is a Danish lawyer. On 5 January 2010 he was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General in the Central African Republic. This appointment is in addition to the nominations in October 2009 as the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, as well as UNDP Resident Representative in the country. Since 1985 he has been working for United Nations primarily in the humanitarian field.
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Hassan Nasrallah Hassan Nasrallah (Arabic: ‎ ‎ ] ; born 31 August 1960) is the third and current Secretary General of the Lebanese political and paramilitary party Hezbollah since his predecessor, Abbas al-Musawi, was assassinated by the Israel Defense Forces in February 1992. Nasrallah is often referred to as ""al-Sayyid" Hassan" ( ), the honorific "Sayyid" denoting descent from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandson Husain ibn Ali. Under his tenure, Hezbollah has been designated a terrorist organization, either wholly or in part, by the United States, the European Union and other nations.
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Dileep Nair Dileep Nair was the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services and head of the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services. In that capacity, he oversaw investigations of wrongdoings related to the United Nations in a range of countries including within the headquarters. The Oil-for-food scandal was initially investigated by Dileep Nair's office before turning it over to the investigating body headed by former United States Federal Reserve Chairman, Paul Volcker.
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Kurt Waldheim Kurt Josef Waldheim (] ; 21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian diplomat and politician. Waldheim was the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and the ninth President of Austria from 1986 to 1992. While he was running for president in Austria in 1985, the revelation of his service in Thessaloniki, Greece as an intelligence officer in the "Wehrmacht" during World War II raised international controversy.
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U Thant funeral crisis The U Thant funeral crisis or U Thant crisis (Burmese: ဦးသန့် အရေးအခင်း) was a series of protests and riots in the then-Burmese capital of Yangon triggered by the death of U Thant, the third Secretary-General of the United Nations on 25 November 1974.
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Mbaranga Gasarabwe Mbaranga Gasarabwe (born 1959), a native of Rwanda, currently serves as the first Assistant Secretary-General for Safety and Security at the United Nations. She was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 18 April 2011.
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Hélène Papper Hélène Papper is the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Bogota, for Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. Prior to this appointment of 4 March 2016 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, she was Chief of Radio with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
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Georg Charpentier Georg Charpentier (born in El Salvador, on 11 August 1956) currently serves as United Nations Deputy Special Representative and Resident Coordinator in Libya. He was appointed to this position by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 19 September 2011. Previously, he was the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire. In this capacity, he is responsible for Humanitarian Coordination, Recovery and Reconstruction, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System in Côte d'Ivoire and Humanitarian Coordinator.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1090 United Nations Security Council resolution 1090, adopted without a vote at a closed meeting on 13 December 1996, having considered the question of the recommendation for the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Mr. Kofi Annan be appointed for a term of office from 1 January 1997, to 31 December 2001.
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James P. Grant James P. "Jim" Grant (May 12, 1922 – January 28, 1995) was an American statesman and children's advocate. Grant served for 15 years (from January 1980 to January 1995) as the third executive director of the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), with the rank of Under Secretary-General.
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United Nations Secretary-General selection United Nations Secretary-General selection is the process of selecting the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. To be selected as Secretary-General, a candidate must receive the votes of at least 9 members of the United Nations Security Council, with no vetoes from permanent members. The Secretary-General is then appointed by a majority vote of the United Nations General Assembly.
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Inga Björk-Klevby Inga Björk-Klevby (born 1944), is the former United Nations Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT). She was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in October 2005.
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Peter van Walsum A. Peter van Walsum (born 25 June 1934 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch diplomat who served as United Nations Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara. He was appointed to the position by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in July 2005 and left the position in September 2008 when his mandate expired.
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Carole Wainaina Carole Wainaina is the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources. Prior to this appointment of 25 September 2014 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ms. Wainaina was Chief Human Resources Officer and a member of the Executive Committee at Royal Philips in the Netherlands.
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Michael Møller Michael Møller, born 9 November 1952 (Denmark), is the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and current Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). He is also the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Personal Representative to the Conference. He was appointed to these roles by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in November 2013. He was reappointed by Secretary-General António Guterres in February 2017 for another year. Michael Møller has over 38 years of experience as an international civil servant in the United Nations System, serving in different roles in New York, Iran, Mexico, Haiti and Geneva. Prior to his tenure as Director-General, he was the Executive Director of the Kofi Annan Foundation from 2008 to 2011.
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Palitha Kohona Palitha T. B. Kohona, a Sri Lankan born diplomat, was the former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations (UN). Until August 2009 he was the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Sri Lanka and was the former Secretary-General of the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process. He was also a member of the Government delegation at the talks held in February and October 2006 Geneva, Switzerland with the LTTE. He also led the Government delegation to Oslo for talks with the LTTE. He is a citizen of both Sri Lanka and Australia.
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Arnauld Antoine Akodjènou Arnauld Antoine Akodjènou (born in 1950), a native of Benin, is the Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Prior to this appointment of July 2014 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Arnauld Antoine Akodjènou served as the Deputy Special Representative for Côte d’Ivoire for the United Nations Secretary-General. He was appointed to this position by Mr. Ban on 10 June 2011.