secretary-general
noun
sec·re·tary-gen·er·al
ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē-ˈjen-rəl 
-ˈje-nə-rəl
plural secretaries-general
: a principal administrative officer
secretary-general of the United Nations
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Nine awards were given out, with Charles presenting the final accolade, the King Charles III Harmony Award, to South Korean diplomat and former secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon.
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Max Foster, CNN, 14 June 2024
Hezbollah: Mobilization and Power Daher’s analysis of the charismatic appeal of Hezbollah’s secretary-general is the book’s strongest feature, but her superficial treatment of the organization…
Two Books on the Syrian Civil War
John Waterbury reviews by Sam Daugher and by Mike Thomson.
—John Waterbury, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Gilligan is a psychiatrist who has spent 50 years studying the causes and prevention of individual and collective violence in this country and around the world for the World Health Organization, the World Court, the secretary-general of the United Nations, and others.
—Dr. James Gilligan, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
A number of European leaders, including the secretary-general of NATO, have also called for the restrictions on Western weapons be reconsidered.
—Asma Khalid, NPR, 30 May 2024
Ukraine fired between 4,000 and 7,000 such shells daily for several months in 2023, according to NATO’s secretary-general, before infighting among House Republicans held up further funding for Pentagon arms shipments.
—John Ismay Desiree Rios, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Such support undoubtedly contributes to the enthusiasm many senior UN officials, including the secretary-general, have shown for the BRI.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
When Kofi Annan, the then secretary-general of the United Nations, visited Halilaj’s refugee camp, Halilaj showed him a large drawing of a child watching a massacre.
—Vogue, 15 Apr. 2024
The laborers union also paid to help elect Valentine Macedo, the local LIUNA secretary-general, and his son, also named Valentine Macedo, to the 41-member central committee.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
Max Foster, CNN, 14 June 2024
Hezbollah: Mobilization and Power Daher’s analysis of the charismatic appeal of Hezbollah’s secretary-general is the book’s strongest feature, but her superficial treatment of the organization…
Two Books on the Syrian Civil War
John Waterbury reviews by Sam Daugher and by Mike Thomson.
—John Waterbury, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Gilligan is a psychiatrist who has spent 50 years studying the causes and prevention of individual and collective violence in this country and around the world for the World Health Organization, the World Court, the secretary-general of the United Nations, and others.
—Dr. James Gilligan, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
A number of European leaders, including the secretary-general of NATO, have also called for the restrictions on Western weapons be reconsidered.
—Asma Khalid, NPR, 30 May 2024
Ukraine fired between 4,000 and 7,000 such shells daily for several months in 2023, according to NATO’s secretary-general, before infighting among House Republicans held up further funding for Pentagon arms shipments.
—John Ismay Desiree Rios, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Such support undoubtedly contributes to the enthusiasm many senior UN officials, including the secretary-general, have shown for the BRI.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
When Kofi Annan, the then secretary-general of the United Nations, visited Halilaj’s refugee camp, Halilaj showed him a large drawing of a child watching a massacre.
—Vogue, 15 Apr. 2024
The laborers union also paid to help elect Valentine Macedo, the local LIUNA secretary-general, and his son, also named Valentine Macedo, to the 41-member central committee.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
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