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Thant

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Thant  (thänt, thnt), U 1909-1974.
Burmese diplomat who served as the secretary-general of the United Nations (1961-1971).

Thant [θænt]
n
(Biographies / Thant, U (1909-1974) M, Burmese, POLITICS: diplomat) U (uː). 1909-74, Burmese diplomat; secretary-general of the United Nations (1962-71)


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Erbyn 1993 yr unig ddewis oedd gan y grwpiau oedd chwalu a/neu canu'n Saesneg (Cyrff, Ffa Coffi, U Thant, Crumblowers ayyb)
Chinese presence Historian Thant Myint-U, author of 'A River of Lost Footsteps', a history or modern Myanmar, agrees.
Signed photographs from statesmen of his era -- including Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, U Thant, Nehru, Emperor Hirohito and others -- make an interesting display and there are fascinating items such as his first passport issued in Makkah in 1926, which lists his occupation as 'Viceroy in Hedjaz'.
 
 
 
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