Which among the following statements are correct about UN Secretaries General?
A. Trygve Lie was criticised for his failure in the Congo crisis.
B. U.Thant established the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.
C. Dag Hammarskjold was awarded the Nobel Prize posthumously.
D. Kofi A. Annan created the Global Fund to fight AIDS.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → B, C and D only
A. Trygve Lie was criticised for his failure in the Congo crisis. Incorrect. He was criticised for his failure to quickly end the Korean war, not the Congo crisis.
B. U.Thant established the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. Correct.
C. Dag Hammarskjold was awarded the Nobel Prize posthumously. Correct. He got the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously in 1961.
D. Kofi A. Annan created the Global Fund to fight AIDS. Correct.
Note: NTA moved the Congo crisis from Hammarskjold’s line to Trygve Lie’s, and a true fact became a false statement. Match each name with his own deeds.
NCERT: Contemporary World Politics — Chapter 4: International Organisations (2025-26)
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