Achievements
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was the secretary of the first Asian-African summit in 1955 at Bandung, Indonesia, which gave birth to the Non-Aligned Movement;
He also established many of the United Nations's development and environmental agencies, funds and programs, including the United Nations Development Program (United Nations Development Programme), the United Nations University, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research and the United Nations Environmental Program.