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Summary:On his last day in office, United Nations Secretary-General U Thant gave an impromptu press conference in the corridor outside his office on December 31 1971. After ten years, U Thant had stepped aside and into retirement. Asked for his view of the previous ten years, he said the UN had done tremendously well in the field of peace building between the nations of the world.
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Location:USA NEW YORK CITY UNITED NATIONS
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