U Thant was the first UN Secretary General from Asia. To which country did he belong to?

U Thant was the first UN Secretary General from Asia. To which country did he belong to?

  • (A) Thailand  
  • (B) Cambodia  
  • (C) Japan  
  • (D) Burma
U Thant (1909-1974) was a Burmese diplomat who served as the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971. He made history as the first non-Western and Asian Secretary-General of the UN. Before his appointment as the Secretary-General, he was the Permanent Representative of Burma to the UN with the rank of Ambassador from 1957 to 1961. Burma, his country of origin, is now officially known as Myanmar.
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