United Nations (Under-Secretary General)

HC Deb 17 March 1969 vol 780 cc2-3W

Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will state the name and nationality of the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Political and Security Council Affairs, and of his predecessors in office.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

The name of the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Political and Security Council Affairs is Mr. Leonid Kutakov. He is a Soviet national. His predecessors in office were as follows:

Assistant Secretary General for the Department of Security Council Affairs 1946, Arkady Sobolev, U.S.S.R. 1949, Constantin Zinchenko, U.S.S.R.

Assistant Secretary General for the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs 1952, Constantin Zinchenko, U.S.S.R. 1953, Ilya Tchernychev, U.S.S.R.

Under-Secretary for the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs 1955, Dragoslav Protitch, Yugoslavia. 1958, Anatoly Dobrynin, U.S.S.R. 1960, Georgy Arkadev, U.S.S.R. 1962, E. D. Kiselev, U.S.S.R. 1963, Vladimir Suslov, U.S.S.R. 1965, Alexei Nesterenko, U.S.S.R.

Under-Secretary General for the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs 1968, Leonid Kutakov, U.S.S.R.