secretary-general
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sec·re·tar·y-gen·er·al
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(pl. sec·re·tar·ies-gen·er·al)
a title given to the principal administrator of some organizations, most notably the United Nations.
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PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/30/2009; 700+ words
; UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 23 -- The United Nations issued the following press...Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks at a...centuries? Secretary-General: The United Nations has been leading this campaign...
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Under Secretary building United States Public Diplomacy Team.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)
Magazine article from: DISAM Journal; 11/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...16, 2009.] United States Under Secretary of Defense for...populations in nation's key to America...referring to Army General David Petraeus...Command, and Army General Raymond Odierno...by an Assistant Secretary of Defense. DoD...
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The leader , Chairman of the AU Receives at his Residence in Rome Secretary General of the United Nations.
News Wire article from: Jamahiriya News Agency (JANA); 11/15/2009; 431 words
; ...tonight at his Residence in Rome Secretary General of the United Nations ,'' Ban Ki-moon '' .The...During this meeting the UN SEcretary General appealed to the leader...stability in Darfur Region . Secretary of GPC for Foreign Liaison...
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SECRETARY-GENERAL DESIGNATES WANGARI MAATHAI UNITED NATIONS MESSENGER OF PEACE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/15/2009; 700+ words
; UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 14 -- The United Nations issued the following press release: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has designated 2004 Nobel Peace Prize...
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DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO NEW RESIDENT COORDINATORS, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES: 'YOU ARE FACE OF UN, TO PEOPLE WE SERVE'
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/18/2009; 700+ words
; UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 16 -- The United Nations issued the following press...Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro at the induction of United Nations Resident Coordinators...
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Dismissing Reports That Copenhagen Climate Talks Will Come up Short, Secretary-General Says Stage Will Be Set for Binding Treaty 'As Soon as Possible in 2010'; Addressing Informal General Assembly Meeting, Top United Nations Climate Official Calls for Political Will to Resolve Key Mitigation, Finance Issues.
M2 Presswire; 11/20/2009; 700+ words
; ...20 November 2009-United Nations: Dismissing Reports...Will Come up Short, Secretary-General Says Stage Will Be Set...Assembly Meeting, Top United Nations Climate Official...17 days ahead of the United Nations Climate Change...
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Legislative Voice, Vote Will Be Vital in Keeping Commitments to World's Most Vulnerable, Secretary-General Tells Parliamentary Hearing at United Nations.
M2 Presswire; 11/20/2009; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-20 November 2009-United Nations: Legislative Voice, Vote...World's Most Vulnerable, Secretary-General Tells Parliamentary Hearing at United Nations(C)1994-2009...Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations in New York today...
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LEGISLATIVE VOICE, VOTE WILL BE VITAL IN KEEPING COMMITMENTS TO WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PARLIAMENTARY HEARING AT UNITED NATIONS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/27/2009; 700+ words
; UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 19 -- The United Nations issued...Following are UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki...Hearing at the United Nations in New...needs - here at the United Nations, at the...decision-making in general. And in particular...
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United States : UN Chief To Push Commonwealth On Climate Deal.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 11/28/2009; 694 words
; ...Mamta03 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will call upon nations at the Commonwealth...for industrialized nations and whose first...leaders from the 53-nation body in Port of...from industrialized nations on the provision...
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PRESS CONFERENCE BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL MASTER PLAN
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/1/2009; 700+ words
; UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 30 -- The United Nations issued the following press release...upcoming multi-year renovation of United Nation Headquarters in New York City, Assistant Secretary-General Michael Adlerstein said about...
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Secretary of State
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...relations between the United States and foreign nations. The position...founding of the nation in the late eighteenth...representative of the United States abroad...Department. The United States maintains...the secretary has general responsibility...is given by the ...
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The Secretary-General
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL From the outset, the...crises that have troubled nations since the end of World...organizational units of the United Nations. THE ROLE OF THE UN...he suggested that a secretary-general must avoid two extremes...
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United Nations Secretaries-General
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
United Nations Secretaries-General United Nations Secretaries-General Secretary-General Nationality Dates in Office Trygve Halvdan Lie Norwegian 1946-53 Dag Hammarskjöld Swedish 1953-61 U Thant Burmese 1962-71 Kurt Waldheim...
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secretary-general
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
sec·re·tar·y-gen·er·al • n. ( pl. sec·re·tar·ies-gen·er·al ) a title given to the principal administrator of some organizations, most notably the United Nations.
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Navy Department
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...force as part of the nation's defense. The...is to protect the United States as directed...departments of the United States; and maintain...president of the United States, the secretary...authority in the general management of the...include the under secretary of the navy, the ...
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