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'Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World' is the memoir of which former UN Secretary-General?

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Answer: Option B — Ban Ki-moon

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"Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World" is the memoir of Ban Ki-moon, the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations. It was published in 2021.

About the book:

  • It describes Ban Ki-moon's childhood in South Korea during the Korean War, his career as a diplomat, and his years as Foreign Minister of South Korea.
  • It covers his two terms as UN Secretary-General (2007-2016), including his work on climate change, which led to the Paris Agreement (2015), and the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015.
  • It also discusses the challenges he faced, such as the conflicts in Syria and Myanmar.

About Ban Ki-moon:

  • He was born in 1944 in Eumseong, South Korea.
  • He is the second Asian to serve as UN Secretary-General, after U Thant of Burma (Myanmar).
  • He has been a strong advocate for gender equality, climate action and sustainable development.

UN Secretaries-General:

  • Trygve Lie (Norway), 1946-1952.
  • Dag Hammarskjöld (Sweden), 1953-1961; died in a plane crash; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after his death.
  • U Thant (Burma), 1961-1971.
  • Kurt Waldheim (Austria), 1972-1981.
  • Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (Peru), 1982-1991.
  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt), 1992-1996.
  • Kofi Annan (Ghana), 1997-2006; Nobel Peace Prize 2001 (with the UN); memoir "Interventions: A Life in War and Peace".
  • Ban Ki-moon (South Korea), 2007-2016.
  • Antonio Guterres (Portugal), since January 2017.

Memoirs and books by other diplomats:

Shashi Tharoor, a former UN Under-Secretary-General, was a candidate for the post of Secretary-General in 2006 and finished second to Ban Ki-moon.

Why not the other options?

  • ✗Kofi Annan's memoir is "Interventions".
  • ✗Antonio Guterres is the current (ninth) Secretary-General.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali wrote "Unvanquished: A U.S.-U.N. Saga".

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Remember: "Resolved" = Ban Ki-moon (8th UN Secretary-General, 2007-2016, South Korea); "Interventions" = Kofi Annan; current Secretary-General = Antonio Guterres (since 2017).

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