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.

1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
VCDR → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Article XIII (Genocide Convention) → designatesDepositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary‑General of the United Nations
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
GA → elects → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations General Assembly
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
United Nations Chief Executives Board for Coordination → establishedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response → foundedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Secretariat → hasHead → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Secretariat
United Nations Secretariat → headOfGovernment → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Chief Executives Board for Coordination → headOfGovernmentBody → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
United Nations debates on children and armed conflict → involves → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement → isDistinctFrom → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Secretariat → isLedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Secretariat
An Agenda for Peace → issuedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
United Nations Secretariat → leaderTitle → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary-General
States Parties to the Rome Statute → maintainedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Boutros → notableBearerOccupation → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN Secretary-General
Trygve Lie → officeContested → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
UN peacekeepers → overseenBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
António Guterres → positionHeld → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Ban Ki-moon → positionHeld → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Boutros Boutros-Ghali → positionHeld → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Dag Hammarskjöld → positionHeld → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Dag → positionHeld → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Dag Hammarskjöld
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar → positionHeld → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Kofi Annan → positionHeld → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Trygve Lie → positionHeld → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Lie → positionHeld → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Trygve Lie
U Thant → positionHeld → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
UN Climate Action Summit 2019 → positionHeldByOrganizer → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Director-General of UNESCO → relatedTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Department of Management → reportedTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
UN Truth Commission for El Salvador → reportedTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Blue Helmets → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
OIOS → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ