Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Special Political Affairs
In office 1972–1986
Preceded by
Ralph Bunche
Succeeded by
Marrack Goulding
Personal details
Born
Brian Edward Urquhart
(1919-02-28)28 February 1919 Bridport, Dorset, England
Died
2 January 2021(2021-01-02) (aged 101) Tyringham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse
Lady Sidney Urquhart
Alma mater
Christ Church, Oxford
Profession
Soldier and diplomat
Military service
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Branch/service
British Army
Years of service
1939–1945
Rank
Major
Unit
Dorsetshire Regiment
Battles/wars
Second World War
Major Sir Brian Edward UrquhartKCMG MBE (/ˈər.kət/UR-kut) (28 February 1919 – 2 January 2021) was a British international civil servant and World War II veteran, and author.[1][2] He played a significant role in the founding of the United Nations.[2] He went on to serve as its Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs.[1]
^ ab"Sir Brian Edward Urquhart". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^ abLynch, Colum (3 January 2021). "Brian Urquhart, a foundational leader at the United Nations, dies at 101". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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authorized a US-led coalition that repulsed Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. BrianUrquhart, the under-secretary-general of the UN from 1971 to 1985, later described...
United Nations with his colleague United Nations civil servant, Sir BrianUrquhart. The best known of these publications is A World in Need of Leadership...
fight them off. Kramer remained even when the British, led by Major BrianUrquhart, arrived to liberate the camp, and took them on a tour of the camp to...
of British Artists. His son, BrianUrquhart, played a significant role in the founding of the United Nations. Urquhart was born in Kirkcudbright, Scotland...
mission and so I keep my rank and functions." The British diplomat BrianUrquhart serving with the United Nations wrote: "When I first met Mobutu in July...
coalition that successfully repulsed the Iraqis. Undersecretary-General BrianUrquhart later described the hopes raised by these successes as a "false renaissance"...
landed at Arnhem the chief intelligence officer of the division, Major BrianUrquhart, arranged a meeting with Browning and informed him of the armour present...
Nations. In the words of a former Undersecretary General of the UN, Sir BrianUrquhart: It was a pragmatic system based on the primacy of the strong – a "trusteeship...
Paterson, eds. Encyclopedia of US Foreign Relations. (1997) 1:191. Urquhart, Brian (1998). Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey. WW Norton. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-393-31859-3...
downplayed Ultra evidence brought to him by his intelligence officer, Major BrianUrquhart, that the 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen and the 10th SS Panzer...
Year Hyde Park 1982 J. Herman van Roijen 1983 Jacob K. Javits 1984 BrianUrquhart 1985 Isidor Rabi 1986 Olof Palme (posthumously) 1987 George Kennan 1988...
headed first by Under-Secretary-General Ralph Bunche, and subsequently BrianUrquhart and Marrack Goulding. From the beginning, peacekeeping operations operated...
headed first by Under-Secretary-General Ralph Bunche, and subsequently BrianUrquhart and Marrack Goulding. From the beginning, peacekeeping operations operated...
Felicity Ann Urquhart (born 4 May 1976) is an Australian country and western music singer-songwriter, and a TV and radio presenter. Her single "Big Black...
the Network include Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Sonny Ramphal, and Sir BrianUrquhart. Ury teaches negotiation to international corporate executives and labor...
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