Kurt Waldheim


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Noun1.Kurt Waldheim - Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981Kurt Waldheim - Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918)
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The request was eventually rejected, but only after UN Chief Kurt Waldheim called Israel's action "a serious violation of the national sovereignty of a United Nations member state."
Later, he joined the United Nations at a senior position and worked as a speech writer for former UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim until his retirement in 1991.
Later, Buch joined the United Nations at a senior position and worked as a speech writer for former UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim until his retirement in 1991.
The film is based around the Nazi past of former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim.
General Secretary Kurt Waldheim was disrupted by shocking allegations that the candidate had hidden the true extent of his participation in Nazi war crimes in Greece and Serbia.
Laced with many major initiatives that made tangible impact on the perception as well as working of the UN, Annan's decade-long stint is generally considered to be the period of 'dynamism and activism' that overshadowed the vivacity of Kurt Waldheim. Annan, who spent his entire career at the United Nations, initiated a mega project of reform and long-overdue overhauling at the world body, sketched an ambitious agenda to lessen global poverty, and established a global fund to combat HIV/AIDS.
Of which country did Kurt Waldheim become president in 1986?
Turner had the finance minister task for seventeen years, until Kurt Waldheim effectively dismissed him soon after becoming secretary-general on 1 January 1972.
Kurt Waldheim. The celebrations were also participated in by Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN, Iqbal A.
1971 - Austrian diplomat Kurt Waldheim is chosen secretary-general of the United Nations.
Kurt Waldheim with Glafkos Clerides and Rauf Denktash in 1975