<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Thant" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="U Thant">U Thant</a> is unanimously appointed as the 3rd <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Secretary-General of the United Nations">Secretary-General of the United Nations</a>, becoming the first non-European individual to occupy the post.<sup about="#mwt35" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"nytimes19611104"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-nytimes19611104-5"}}' id="cite_ref-nytimes19611104_5-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_3#cite_note-nytimes19611104-5" id="mw7w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw8A">[5]</span></a></sup>