Secretary-General of the United Nations

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United Nations position executive position international public office

The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer and de facto spokesperson of the UN, responsible for providing leadership, diplomacy, and coordination among member states on global issues.

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Surface form Occurrences
United Nations Secretary-General 32
UN Secretary-General 4
Secretary General of the UN 1

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations position ⓘ
executive position ⓘ
international public office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
surface form: Secretary General of the UN

Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
surface form: UN Secretary-General
appointedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
country international organization ⓘ
currentHolder António Guterres ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate 1 January 2017 ⓘ
definedIn Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
surface form: Article 97 of the Charter of the United Nations
domain global governance ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
multilateral diplomacy ⓘ
firstHolder Trygve Lie ⓘ
formationDate 1946 ⓘ
formationEvent establishment of the United Nations ⓘ
hasPower appoint senior UN officials ⓘ
issue annual report on the work of the Organization ⓘ
propose agenda items to UN organs ⓘ
use good offices to prevent or resolve conflicts ⓘ
hasRole chair of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination ⓘ
chief administrative officer of the UN Secretariat ⓘ
chief administrative officer of the United Nations ⓘ
diplomatic leader ⓘ
head of the UN Secretariat ⓘ
mediator in international disputes ⓘ
spokesperson of the United Nations ⓘ
inauguralHolder Trygve Lie ⓘ
jurisdiction Member States of the United Nations ⓘ
surface form: United Nations member states
legalBasis Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
memberOf United Nations system ⓘ
oversees UN funds and programmes coordination ⓘ
UN peacekeeping operations ⓘ
UN special political missions ⓘ
United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
partOf United Nations ⓘ
produces Annual Report of the Secretary-General ⓘ
rank highest-ranking official of the United Nations ⓘ
recommendedBy United Nations Security Council ⓘ
reportsTo United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
responsibleFor bringing matters threatening international peace and security to the attention of the Security Council ⓘ
coordination among UN agencies ⓘ
good offices in conflict prevention and mediation ⓘ
implementing decisions of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
implementing decisions of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
managing United Nations staff ⓘ
overall administrative coordination of the United Nations ⓘ
preparing the United Nations budget ⓘ
public advocacy on global issues ⓘ
strategic direction of the UN system ⓘ
seat United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
style His Excellency ⓘ
symbol Emblem of the United Nations ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termRenewable yes ⓘ
typicalTermLimit 2 terms ⓘ
worksOn climate change ⓘ
disarmament ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
humanitarian assistance ⓘ
peace and security ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
sustainable development ⓘ

Referenced by (120)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

States Parties to the Genocide Convention → administeredBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General as depositary
Office of the Secretary-General → advises → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Secretary-General of the United Nations → alsoKnownAs → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN Secretary-General
Secretary-General of the United Nations → alsoKnownAs → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary General of the UN
Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme → appointedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Hina Jilani → appointedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations → appointedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly → appoints → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Annual Report of the Secretary-General → author → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Chief Executives Board for Coordination → chairedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
UN Messenger of Peace → conferredBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN Secretary-General
UNMEER → createdBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Statute of the International Court of Justice → custodian → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
APIC → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
CRC → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Chemical Weapons Convention → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Constitution of the Food and Agriculture Organization → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Constitution of the World Health Organization → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Convention on Biological Diversity → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Convention on Migratory Species → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Convention on the International Maritime Organization → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Convention on the Rights of the Child → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
GenocideConvention1948 → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Minamata Convention on Mercury → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Moon Agreement (limited signatories) → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Moon Agreement
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
States Parties to the Rome Statute → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Statute of the IAEA → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly treaties → depositedWith → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ