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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Label Occurrences
Secretary-General of the United Nations canonical 191
United Nations Secretary-General 68
UN Secretary-General 9

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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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (280)

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

Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Madame Ban → positionHeld → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Ban Ki-moon
Ban Hyun-hee → positionHeld → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Ban Ki-moon
United Nations management reform of 2017–2018 → proponentPosition → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Financial Regulations and Rules → issuedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary‑General of the United Nations
United Nations Staff Regulations and Rules → implementedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Staff Regulations and Rules → interpretedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
OUSG/DOS → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations departments → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Charter of the United Nations, Chapter XV → subjectMatter → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Charter of the United Nations, Chapter XV → establishesOffice → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Charter of the United Nations, Chapter XV → assignsRoleTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Convention on Psychotropic Substances → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Agreement Establishing the Asian Development Bank → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
UN Office of the Iraq Programme → supervisedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
memorandum of understanding of 23 February 1998 between the United Nations and Iraq → party → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
memorandum of understanding of 23 February 1998 between the United Nations and Iraq → negotiatedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Environmental Modification Convention → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
DG of IOM → collaboratesWith → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Director General of the International Organization for Migration
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
UN Development Coordination Office → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary‑General
UN Network on Migration → establishedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Single Convention → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Executive Director of UN Women → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Executive Director of UN Women → appointedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
UN Commissioner for Namibia → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary‑General
VCCR → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 → depositedWith → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Eritrea–Ethiopia Claims Commission → appointedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Permanent Representative of the Soviet Union to the United Nations → confersWith → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Director-General of the OPCW Technical Secretariat → confersWith → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN Secretary-General
OP3-CRC → depositary → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
OPSC → depository → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission → reportedTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process → appointedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process → createdBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
United Nations Yemen mediation and ceasefire monitoring mechanisms → supportedBy → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
United Nations Yemen mediation and ceasefire monitoring mechanisms → reportsTo → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
Thant → positionHeld → Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ