Former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant Centenary


Resolution adopted by the Security Council at its 972nd meeting on 3 November 1961 [on appointment of U Thant as Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations]Click to read

Security Council resolution 227 (1966) [recommending extension of the appointment of U Thant as Secretary-General of the United Nations]Resolution 227 (1966) / [adopted by the Security Council at its 1311th meeting], of 28 October 1966.Click to read

Security Council resolution 229 (1966) [on appointment of U Thant as Secretary-General of the United Nations]Resolution 229 (1966) / [adopted by the Security Council at its 1329th meeting], of 2 December 1966.Click to read


U Thant (1977). View From the UN. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.


Bingham, J. (1966). U Thant: the Search for Peace. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Chinmoy, S. (1977). U Thant: Divinity’s Smile and Humanity’s Cry. New York: Agni Press.

Kirthisinghe, B. P. (1980). U Thant : Man of Peace. Contemporary Review, 237(1378) Nov. 1980, 231-235.

Muller, R. (1977). The Example of a Great Ethical Statesman: U Thant. New York: Agni Press.

Myint-U, T. & Scott, A. (2007). The UN Secretariat: a Brief History (1945-2006). New York: International Peace Academy. Click to read

Nassif, R. (1988). U Thant in New York 1961-1971. London: C. Hurst & Company.

Wrenn. C. B. (1970). U Thant and the Process of International Legal Development Through the United Nations. Michigan: University Microfilms.