U Thant

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. When U Nu became the prime minister of the newly independent Burma, he asked Thant to join him in Rangoon and appointed him director of broadcasting in 1948. In the following year he was appointed secretary to the government of Burma in the Ministry of Information. From 1951 to 1957, Thant was secretary to the prime minister, writing speeches for U Nu, arranging his foreign travel, and meeting foreign visitors. During this entire period, he was U Nu''s closest confidant and advisor. He also took part in a number of international conferences and was the secretary of the first Asian-African summit in 1955 at Bandung, Indonesia, which gave birth to the Non-Aligned Movement. From 1957 to 1961, he was Burma''s permanent representative to the United Nations and became actively involved in negotiations over Algerian independence. In 1961, the Burmese governmentawarded him the title Maha Thray Sithu as a commander in the order of Pyidaungsu Sithu.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786130582005
• ISBN-10: 6130582005
• Artikelnr.: 29910115