Sir Brian Urquhart's birthday message

United Nations, 24 February 2009 - Message of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the occasion of the 90th birthday anniversary of Sir Brian Urquhart (28 February 1919).
In July 1945, Mr. Urquhart was appointed Personal Assistant to Gladwyn Jebb, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations, and then served for three years, from March 1946, as Personal Assistant to Trygve Lie. He subsequently joined the Office of Dr. Ralph Bunche, where he was active in organizing and directing United Nations peacekeeping operations. In 1960 he was Assistant to the Secretary-General's Special Representative in the Congo. From 1961 to 1962, he was nominated United Nations Representative in Katanga, Congo. Upon his return to New York, he worked as Director in the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special and Political Affairs. He was then nominated Assistant Secretary-General, and in 1974, Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs.

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