Sir Brian Urquhart
(1919-)

Former Undersecretary-General of the UN
Helped found the UN; advised many Secretaries-General since


1984 Four Freedoms Awards

1986, 1987 AFSC Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
2010 Dag Hammarskjöld Inspiration Award

birthdate: February 28
birthplace:
Bridport, Dorset, England

Sir Brian Urquhart helped to set up the United Nations in 1945 and was involved in guiding its development for the next forty years, serving several UN Secretaries-General. Urquhart was involved in overseeing many UN peacekeeping missions and negotiations in Africa and Asia, including the UN's first major peacekeeping effort during the Suez Crisis of 1956. It was there that Urquhart proposed the symbolic blue helmets for the UN Peacekeeping forces that are still used today to distinguish UN Peacekeepers. Sir Brian Urquhart has written several books, including his autobiography, A Life in Peace and War, biographies about UN peacemakers he worked with, Dag Hammarskjöld and Ralph Bunche, and a number of books detailing suggestions for making the United Nations more effective and other ideas about steps towards world peace.

Kids | Youth | Adults | Calendar | Quotes | Heroes | Stories | The EMILY Fund | Scholarships
DO ONE THING and BetterWorld Kids Clubs are projects of The EMILY Fund (The Emily Silverstein Fund, Inc.)
Hero portraits are included for illustration purposes only - no celebrity endorsement implied

The Emily Fund
Education, Mentorship, Inspiration, Leadership, Youth
- for a Better
World

PO Box 430
Roosevelt, NJ 08555-0430
info@EmilyFund.org