secretary-general
noun
sec·re·tary-gen·er·al
ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē-ˈjen-rəl 
-ˈje-nə-rəl
plural secretaries-general
: a principal administrative officer
secretary-general of the United Nations
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The laborers union also paid to help elect Valentine Macedo, the local LIUNA secretary-general, and his son, also named Valentine Macedo, to the 41-member central committee.
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
Following a post on X by the secretary-general about trucks waiting at Rafah, COGAT posted a photo of aid waiting to be collected on the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Israel.
—Ruth Marks Eglash, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
The United Nations secretary-general’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday that the transitional council under the CARICOM agreement for Haiti is the path forward.
—Anneclaire Stapleton, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
The First Committee of the General Assembly voted in November 2023 to task the UN secretary-general with preparing a report on autonomous weapons, which advocates of a ban hope will be the first step toward a mandate for negotiating a treaty.
—Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2024
Rutte is the front-runner to succeed NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg, who will step down in October, according to Reuters.
—Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2024
On Monday, Stéphane Dujarric, a spokesman for the United Nations secretary-general, suggested that the U.N. would play no part in Israel’s evacuations plans.
—Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
The final report will be made public once handed over to the secretary-general.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
With Israel then isolated and exposed, Iran will be able to liberate al-Quds as the Jewish state collapses like a spiderweb, to use Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah’s preferred analogy.
—Seth Cropsey, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024
Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
Following a post on X by the secretary-general about trucks waiting at Rafah, COGAT posted a photo of aid waiting to be collected on the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Israel.
—Ruth Marks Eglash, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
The United Nations secretary-general’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday that the transitional council under the CARICOM agreement for Haiti is the path forward.
—Anneclaire Stapleton, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
The First Committee of the General Assembly voted in November 2023 to task the UN secretary-general with preparing a report on autonomous weapons, which advocates of a ban hope will be the first step toward a mandate for negotiating a treaty.
—Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2024
Rutte is the front-runner to succeed NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg, who will step down in October, according to Reuters.
—Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2024
On Monday, Stéphane Dujarric, a spokesman for the United Nations secretary-general, suggested that the U.N. would play no part in Israel’s evacuations plans.
—Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
The final report will be made public once handed over to the secretary-general.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
With Israel then isolated and exposed, Iran will be able to liberate al-Quds as the Jewish state collapses like a spiderweb, to use Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah’s preferred analogy.
—Seth Cropsey, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024
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