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U Thant, the UN's third Secretary-General.

Photographic exhibition pays tribute to former UN chief U Thant

27 October 2009
The greatest legacy of the former United Nations chief U Thant is his belief in the dignity of the individual, a senior official with the world body said tonight as he helped open a photographic exhibition dedicated to the Organization’s third Secretary-General.

UN reveals five winners of its ‘Citizen Ambassador’ video contest

16 October 2009
“Every day I want you to wake up and know that you work for 6.7 billion real people, one person at a time. People with children, and dreams, and stories.”
Donal McLaughlin Jr.

UN pays tribute after designer of iconic logo dies at 102

5 October 2009
A senior United Nations official paid tribute today to the designer of the original emblem for the world body, Donal McLaughlin Jr., who died peacefully in his sleep last week at the age of 102.