Sayed Mekki Abbas (born January 1, 1911) was a Sudanese civil servant and economist who served as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations

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from January 1959 until October 1961. In 1963 he became Director-General of the

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's Department of Economic and Social Affairs. He also served as acting head of the

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in March 1961 for a period while

Rajeshwar Dayal Rajeshwar Dayal (1909–1999) was an Indian diplomat, writer, Ambassador of India to the former state of Yugoslavia and the Head of the United Nations Operation in the Congo. Born on 12 August 1909, Dayal was one of the earlier officers of the I ...

had been recalled to New York for consultations.

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