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Thirteen years after U Thant left his position as a school teacher in a small village in Burma, he found himself appointed as Secretary General of the United Nations.
He was highly involved in many peace negotiations in his 10 years at the helm of the UN, including the Cuban missile crisis, the Congo, the Middle East and many more. Why is his legacy as a peacemaker largely forgotten?
Guest: Thant Myint U, historian, academic and author of The Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World
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