How to Use secretary-general in a Sentence

secretary-general

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  • The secretary-general’s spokesperson did not respond to queries about the claims of an anti-Israel bias at the U.N.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Driving the news: Gore tells Axios the UN secretary-general should gain some power to choose which nations host the summits and who runs the talks.
    — Ben Geman, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The final report will be made public once handed over to the secretary-general.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The doors opened to reveal Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
  • The secretary-general issues a challenge Guterres, clearly relieved at the outcome, then issued a challenge to the leaders: Implement the pact.
    — Edith M. Lederer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
  • In his speech, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres called on rich countries to lead the way to net zero, committing and working to reaching that target by 2040, a decade ahead of emerging economies.
    — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 20 Mar. 2023
  • António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, said on the X platform after the agreement that his message to those who had opposed a clear reference to the phase out of fossil fuels was that the transition was inevitable.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • The secretary-general should not be selected by the permanent five member states of the Security Council but by the wider General Assembly.
    — Roland Rich, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Still, on October 7, Israeli forces at the border knew that everything depended on Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s secretary-general.
    — Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2024
  • She was appointed by the secretary-general in coordination with the U.N. Security Council.
    — Rahim Faiez, ajc, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Choi Chang-haeng, secretary-general of the jamboree’s organizing committee, said organizers have secured more than 340 evacuation venues, including community centers and gyms, in regions near Buan.
    — Time, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s secretary-general, already answered in kind.
    — Asher Kaufman, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The United Nations secretary-general expressed deep concern and said that all military operations must be conducted with respect for international humanitarian law.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN, 5 July 2023
  • Amnesty International’s secretary-general, Agnès Callamard, criticized Aramco’s annual profit coming amid global concerns about climate change.
    — Jon Gambrell, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023

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