• In less than one year in office, Thant faced a critical challenge to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis, the moment when the world came closest to a nuclear war.
  • U Thant was born on 22 January 1909 in Pantanaw, Burma, to a moderately wealthy family of landowners and rice merchants. His parents were Po Hnit and Nan Thaung.
  • After Dag Hammarskjold was killed in a plane crash in the Congo on September 19, 1961, Thant had been appointed to an interim term on November 3, 1961.
  • In 1953, U Thant became Secretary for projects in the Office of the Prime Minister, and in 1955, he was assigned additional duties as Executive Secretary of...
  • After World War II Thant was recruited for government service by U Nu and General U Aung San, leader of the Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League.
  • U Thant d 22 Ocak 1909 ö 25 Kasım 1974 Birleşmiş Milletler in üçüncü genel sekreteri 1962 1971 olan Birmanyalı.
  • U_Thant His quiet Buddhist faith was important for cultivating his detachment, compassion and calm demeanour which put others at ease and made him ideally...
  • U Thant was concerned about the widening gap between the rich and poor and believed that these disparities would become much more explosive in the future.
  • Thant’ın babası, eğitimli bir adam, Birman Araştırma Derneği'nin yanı sıra ’Güneş’ gazetesinin kuruluşunda yer alan kişilerden biriydi.