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ty of the United Nations during its first four years. 142. He had carefully studied the Secretary- General’s report, in the introduction to which Mr. Trygve Lie stated that the year had been, on the whole, a year of progress towards a more peaceful world, and that the United Nations had developed internationa

hung in the balance. Thankfully, with the support of United Nations forces, the nation dramatically defended its freedom. The determined decision of Trygve Lie. the first Secretary-General of the United Nations, who viewed the armed invasion of the Republic of Korea as a challenge to world peace and led the

past 70 years. However, I realize that similar challenges still lie ahead of us. When leaving office at the height of the Korean crisis in 1953, Mr. Trygve Lie, the first Secretary-General, described the position of Secretary-General as “the most impossible job in the world”. It is no secret that all Secreta

sent and to set out the way forward for our future. When he took office as the first Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Norwegian diplomat, Trygve Lie, said at one of the earliest meetings of the General Assembly, on 2 February 1946: “The purpose of the United Nations is the maintenance of peace in

ty Council to act on our behalf. The permanent members were then entrusted with the right of veto. My country’s delegation at the time was led by Mr. Trygve Lie, who would later become the Organization’s first Secretary-General. On behalf of my country, he cast his vote in favour of the right of veto for the

tions development work. We will continue to work with partner countries from the North and South to this end, as we successfully did last week at the Trygve Lie Symposium on Fundamental Freedoms, focused on business and human rights. This year also marks the 10-year anniversary of another major United Nations

the fulfilment of people's hopes for a better and safer future. Norway was honoured to provide the United Nations with its first Secretary- General, Trygve Lie. Last week, we saw agreement on a summit outcome document (resolution 60/1). The document falls short of our expectations. Still, it provides importa

same time, extend my sincere thanks to the outgoing President, His Excellency Mr. Amara Essy, for his excellent work. Fifty years ago, my countryman Trygve Lie became Secretary-General of an Organization with a very modest structure but with a “sacred mandate”, as he said in his acceptance speech, “to build

ehalf of the United Nations in the Congo in 1961. We should also remember those who were at the helm of the Secretariat beside Mr. Hammarskjöld — Mr. Trygve Lie, the first Secretary-General, U Thant, Mr. Kurt Waldheim, Mr. Jávier Perez de Cuéllar and the current Secretary- General, Mr. Boutros Boutros- Ghali

the freedom and independence of other peoples. No place should be better suited for discussions of peace than this Hall. The first Secretary-General, Trygve Lie, said of the United Nations: "With the danger of fire, and in the absence of an organized fire department, it is only common sense for the neighbours

ual report on the work of the United Nations on 12 July 1950, barely five years after the foundation of the Organization, the then Secretary-General, Trygve Lie, said: "At the time that this report is written it is not possible to be confident about the future of the United Nations and the prospects of world

es which require prompt and decisive actions. Yet the United Nations can only be - in the words of the first Secretary-General of the United Nations, Trygve Lie - "what the Member Governments want it to be - neither better nor worse". More recently, the present Secretary-General, in his current report on the

g tribute to those men who have devoted an important part of their lives - and have even given up their lives - in the service of the United Nations: Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjold, U Thant, Kurt Waldheim and Javier Perez de Cuellar, who, in the post of Secretary-General, have helped to establish the role of th

llar joins a procession of illustrious predecessors, each of whom has left a distinctive imprint on some page of international history. The first was Trygve Lie, a direct-speaking, if sometimes emotional, man, whose objective was, through his commitment to peace, to give credibility to the United Nations. The

of this Organization which has constantly faced very difficult crises. We recall, in particular, the first Secretary-General of the Organization, Mr. Trygve Lie from Norway, and the President of the first General Assembly, Mr. Henri Spaak of Belgium, and all successive Secretaries-General up to the last one,

What could be termed activity and fervor in Trygve Lie, heroism and abnegation in Dag Hammarskjold, caution and foresight in U Thant, is pragmatic and corrective flexibility in Kurt Waldheim. 163. Mr. Wal

f the United Nations was commemorated. 3. Allow me now to pay a special tribute to the distinguished outgoing SecretaryGeneral, U Thant. In 1953, Mr. Trygve Lie, the first SecretaryGeneral, when handing over his post to his successor, Mr. Dag Hammarskjold, described the job as "the most impossible job in the

hose who have preceded him in this difficult, often thankless but certainly ever important office. I wish to pay homage to the memory of the late Mr. Trygve Lie, who carried a crushing administrative and political burden during the formative years of this Organization. I pay homage also to the memory of anoth

. This was the view, I well remember, of Sir Eric Drummond, in the League of Nations, and of Mr. Joseph Avenol, who succeeded him; it was the view of Trygve Lie and of Dag Hammarskjold; and it is what is implied and implicit in Articles 99 and 100 of the Charter of the United Nations. The Secretary-General —

matter of national policy for individual States to decide whether they want to recognize a new Government or not. But, as a former Secretary-General, Trygve Lie, pointed out in a memorandum in 1950, the representation of a Government in an international organization is another matter.

the United Nations changed Secretary-Generals, rather a long time elapsed — half a year or more — before agreement was reached on Dag Hammarskjold as Trygve Lie's successor. We all know that today it would be even more difficult and, for a variety of reasons, probably will require still more time, to obtain S

am trying to point out is that this idea of having more than one person carrying responsibilities, in whatever form, is nothing new. 211. In 1952 Mr. Trygve Lie submitted to the General Assembly his report on reorganization. In that report we find the following: "The Secretary-General believes that many advan

ow heralding a new summer. 54. Our appreciation for the new Secretary-General in no way makes us forget the great merits of his predecessor. When Mr. Trygve Lie submitted his resignation in the fall of last year, he left behind him a worthy monument both in the political as well as in the material sense. Poli

Trygve Lie urges the continuation of intervention in Korea and calls upon the United Nations to continue the war in Korea and to demonstrate its determination t

an aspect which reveals the continuity of our joint efforts. That continuity is in a way embodied, in our Secretary General. I shall be sorry if Mr. Trygve Lie's resignation is to be regarded as final, for it would break the personal continuity of which I have spoken. 152. In all justice, we must recognize t

We sincerely regret Mr. Trygve Lie’s decision to resign his office of Secretary-General, which he has filled with so much credit and distinction through a period of great difficulty an

Before expressing my country’s views in the general debate, I wish, on behalf of the Government of Brazil, to pay sincere tribute to Mr. Trygve Lie, who yesterday [392nd meeting} informed us of his intention to resign from his post as Secretary-General of the United Nations; While I appreciate th

can make their beneficial impact felt only if continuity is secured in their implementation. That is why my delegation heard with deep concern of Mr. Trygve Lie’s intention to resign his post. 72. In the course of the general debate, several speakers have proposed the revision of the Charter, Forced) by the s

metimes paralyses it by the frequent use of the right of the veto may in this way be eliminated. 2. I must also express to the Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, my delegation’s appreciation of the invaluable service he has rendered to the cause of the United Nations and our hopes that the problem which has a

d that of my country to the devoted labour that has gone into the completion of this United Nations Headquarters building. The Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, has praised the work of others [376th meeting]. But it is in no small measure due to his tenacity and devotion that we Member nations now find ourse

Trygve Lie, it has been tirelessly engaged in creating a new world order. 174. The constructive work carried out by the United Nations and its specialized agenc

d ad hoc committees, unless our labours are directed by a spirit of loyal, of unreserved co-operation on the part of all peoples of the world. As Mr. Trygve Lie, Secretary-General of the United Nations, has so truly stated, neither walls nor curtains will prevent the peoples from belonging to the United Natio

vement on the credit side of our Organization. I am happy to take this opportunity to remind you that a large part of the honour for this goes to Mr. Trygve Lie and his distinguished colleagues. 8. It is almost four years since a powerful and generous nation, rightly alarmed by the distress of nations less fa

n the introduction to the excellent report in which he demonstrates how much has been achieved by the United Nations during his tenure of office, Mr. Trygve Lie directs our attention to Article 103 of the Charter, which rightly determines that the obligations assumed by Member States in the Charter shall prev

ould yet be argued, without entering into too many subtleties, that abuse of the services of an institution was a sign of belief in its worth. 5. Mr. Trygve Lie, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, had on occasions fearlessly explained the dilatory progress of the United Nations, placing the entire b

work, but also a joint and determined effort in order to reach agreement in their solution. The representative of Denmark then paid a tribute to Mr. Trygve Lie, Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization, whose untiring efforts had so often given an example to the Members of the Organization. He em

tate the implementation of that Plan in every way possible. It was not accidental that the report of the Secretary-General himself, the report of Mr. Trygve Lie, pictured the Marshall Plan, without any reason whatsoever, as a « ... programme [which] holds great promise for the restoration of Western Europe to

omise, behind present-day blindness and fatality, behind contemporary political thought. And it was that world, which, in the noble words used by Mr. Trygve Lie in the introduction to his report, the United Nations had been set up to create and raise from the bitter memories of the war through the combined fa

But I do say that all of us smaller countries should be sure that we have fulfilled our own obligations before we pretend to sit in judgment What Mr. Trygve lie had to say about the Economic and Social Council interested us very much indeed. During the recent session of that important body, the Czechoslovak d

It is true that the United Nations has worked hard with extraordinary success, and I am pleased on that account to offer my congratulations to Mr. Trygve Lie and all his assistants. However, the problems I mentioned, which remained pending in 1946, not only have not been settled, but now appear much graver

conomic, social and cultural welfare of all peoples. The information contained in the report submitted to this Assembly by the Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, is the most eloquent proof of the progress achieved through this Organization in constructive internationalism. The General Assembly has considered

owever, most warmly to pay tribute, on behalf of my Government, to the range of work which the Organization is undertaking under the direction of Mr. Trygve Lie, our Secretary-General. Some of the work should not have been undertaken. Most often, let us admit it, this has been the fault of the Members of the

nown tradition of international solidarity and cooperation, from joining the family of democratic nations. As indicated by the Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, the Spanish question has received the attention of various organs of the United Nations, but they have not yet managed to reach a satisfactory solut

In his report to the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, portrayed for us all the problems confronting the United Nations. I will endeavour in this general debate to explain the attitude of the Yugoslav de

on with deep insight and an equally deep concern that the United Nations should really fulfil its purpose in the struggle for peace and security. Mr. Trygve Lie has rightly said that the fascist survivors want war and revenge. There is no doubt that by crushing fascism in Spain we should be taking a great ste

fer to a very Valuable practical observation made by the Secretary-General in his supplementary report read at the plenary session on 24 October. Mr. Trygve Lie then said: “The time is perhaps now approaching i when it may be proper to ask ourselves whether the family of specialized agencies is not already la

a telegram, dated 15 April, in which the Government of Iran notified the Security Council that it withdrew its complaint. The Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, on his side, was anxious not to place the majority of the Security Council in a position which would not only be awkward, but I may even say ridicul