Brian Urquhart, a troubleshooting British diplomat who joined the United Nations at its birth in 1945 and over the next four decades was a chief aide to five...
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Sir Brian Urquhart, who has died aged 101, was best known as the principal architect of the United Nations' peacekeeping activities.
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SIR BRIAN URQUHART, a veteran international civil servant who helped guide the United Nations from its inception through decades of dramatic challenges,...
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My father was single-minded to a fault. Painting took absolute priority in his life, and his wife and children—not to mention national...
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Today, February 28, 2019, is the 100th birthday of Sir Brian Urquhart, whose distinguished career at the United Nations began at its...
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Brian Urquhart, a Briton who had served the UN from its founding, across decades of global upheaval, died on Jan. 2, 2021, at 101 years old.
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Sir Brian Urquhart, who received the Toynbee Prize in 2007 and was the last non-historian to receive the award, passed away on January 2, 2021.
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The Urquharts died a day apart. Former son in law George Kalogerakis writes that they embodied the great spirit of the 20th century.
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UN icon Sir Brian Urquhart was at the “centre of formative global events”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement on Sunday.
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Sir Brian Urquhart, who celebrates his 94th birthday in February, is a living chronicle of a large chunk of 20th-century history.
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