How to Use secretary-general in a Sentence

secretary-general

noun

• An extension just until the end of the year would leave the choice of a new human rights chief to the next secretary-general.
  — ABC News, 24 July 2026
• The final report will be made public once handed over to the secretary-general.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
• The secretary-general also expressed alarm over the use of drones, citing the growing number of child victims.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
• Countries will next vote to appoint a new secretary-general in 2026.
  — Abiodun Williams, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
• The secretary-general called for reaffirming the two-state solution.
  — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
• The United Nations also begins to choose its next secretary-general.
  — Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 29 July 2026
• By tradition, the secretary-general rotates by region.
  — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
• Now, in an unusual move, the top official in one — the secretary-general of the United Nations — is pressing for major changes in the other two.
  — Edith M. Lederer, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
• The doors opened to reveal Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
• The secretary-general of a bloc of Gulf Arab countries said that Iran is charging fees for ships to safely transit the Strait of Hormuz.
  — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
• Thant’s accomplishments are all the more impressive because the position of secretary-general carries no real power—except for the moral authority to speak for the world as a whole.
  — Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
• The strike has drawn wide condemnation from the secretary-general of the United Nations and international human rights groups.
  — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• An advocate for the rights of women and girls, Trenou served as secretary-general of the Togolese women’s union during the 1960s.
  — Time, 22 Sep. 2025
• The former secretary-general of the United Nations was a co-recipient of the Peace prize in 2001.
  — Connor Greene, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
• About 115 ships were able to move out of the strait in recent days, leaving about 500 still in the area, said Arsenio Dominguez, the agency’s secretary-general.
  — Collin Binkley, Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2026
• About 115 ships were able to move out of the strait in recent days, leaving about 500 still in the area, said Arsenio Dominguez, the agency's secretary-general.
  — Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026
• Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, pushed back on the claim of unpaid taxes during his daily press briefing on Monday.
  — Tamar Michaelis, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
• Jagland at the time was the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, an international organization focused on human rights and the rule of law on the continent.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025
• Nasrallah took the role of Hezbollah’s secretary-general following the demise of his predecessor at the hands of the IDF over 30 years ago.
  — The Editors, National Review, 28 Sep. 2024
• Mohamed Nasheed is the secretary-general of the Climate Vulnerable Forum.
  — Mohamed Nasheed, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
• Gal Cohen, the secretary-general of Be’eri, has been advocating for residents to return; his goal is for between eighty and ninety per cent to do so by the end of 2026.
  — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
• Trump reportedly wants Infantino to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations, per the New York Post.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
• Among those on the visit was Carla Barnett, secretary-general of the Caribbean Community.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
• An inability to compromise over who should serve as NATO’s next leader forced an extension of the current secretary-general’s term for an extra year.
  — Chris Megerian, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2023
• The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council has accused Iran of charging ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
  — Rebecca Shabad, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
• While there are only two female candidates, pressure for a madam secretary-general continues, including from Guterres, who has sought to achieve gender equality in his administration.
  — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
• All three candidates to be the next Commonwealth secretary-general — from Gambia, Ghana and Lesotho — have endorsed policies of reparatory justice for slavery.
  — Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
• Andrew Wilson, deputy secretary-general for policy at ICC, disputed the report’s findings and said that the numbers are overstated.
  — Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
• Fahmy’s five-year term as secretary-general will start in July, succeeding Ahmed Aboul Gheit, who has served as Arab League chief since 2016.
  — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
• The terrorist group announced on Tuesday that Islamic cleric Naim Qassem would take the reins of the organization after serving as its deputy secretary-general for decades.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Oct. 2024