biography
pronunciation:
[oo tant]
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| lived:
| (1909–74)
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| biography:
| Burmese diplomat, born in Pantanaw, S Myanmar (formerly Burma). He studied at Yangon, and was a teacher who took up government work when Burma became independent in 1948, becoming the country's UN representative in 1957. As secretary-general of the UN (1962–71), he played a major diplomatic role during the Cuban crisis (1962). He also formulated a plan to end the Congolese Civil War (1962), and mobilized a UN peace-keeping force in Cyprus (1964). |
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