UN Secretariat Documentation

​Trygve Lie (Norway) served as the first Secretary-General from 1946-1953. 

• Appointment: unnumbered resolution in A/64, p. 2, A/PV.20 of 1 Feb. 1946
• 1st inaugural speech: A/PV.22 of 2 Feb. 1946
• Re-appointment: A/RES/492 (V), A/PV.298 of 1 Nov. 1950
• 2nd inaugural speech: A/PV.299 of 1 Nov. 1950
• Resignation speech: A/PV.392 of 10 Nov. 1952
• UN press release biography: [ST/DPI/PRESS/] BIO/SEC/1

Although he resigned in 1952, Trygve Lie continued in office until Dag Hammarskjöld took office in April 1953.