How to Use secretary-general in a Sentence

secretary-general

noun

• How many secretaries-general have there been, and could the new one be the first woman?
  — Tim Backshall, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2026
• The key challenge for a secretary-general is to figure out what is achievable in each of the three roles.
  — Ian Johnstone, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
• An extension just until the end of the year would leave the choice of a new human rights chief to the next secretary-general.
  — ABC News, 24 July 2026
• The final report will be made public once handed over to the secretary-general.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
• The secretary-general also expressed alarm over the use of drones, citing the growing number of child victims.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
• Countries will next vote to appoint a new secretary-general in 2026.
  — Abiodun Williams, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
• Typically, a secretary-general ends up serving two five-year terms.
  — The Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2026
• The secretary-general called for reaffirming the two-state solution.
  — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
• Only then can a secretary-general identify where the opportunities lie and choose the moment and method for stepping in.
  — Ian Johnstone, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
• Sometimes secretaries-general can surprise, as my former boss Kofi Annan did.
  — Ian Johnstone, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
• The United Nations also begins to choose its next secretary-general.
  — Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 29 July 2026
• Most of the rest of the membership want an independent and proactive secretary-general that the P5 cannot control.
  — Ian Johnstone, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
• For this election, there’s a lot of interest in whether a woman will be chosen to be secretary-general for the first time, with several strong female candidates.
  — Tim Backshall, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2026
• By tradition, the secretary-general rotates by region.
  — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
• So far, its members have never rejected a recommendation for the secretary-general role.
  — Tim Backshall, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2026
• Seth Panyako, secretary-general of the nurses' union, said his members would return to hospitals within 24 hours.
  — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
• Now, in an unusual move, the top official in one — the secretary-general of the United Nations — is pressing for major changes in the other two.
  — Edith M. Lederer, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
• The doors opened to reveal Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
• The secretary-general of a bloc of Gulf Arab countries said that Iran is charging fees for ships to safely transit the Strait of Hormuz.
  — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
• The secretary-general’s last speech is his opportunity to defend his tenure as the UN’s leader, Forti added.
  — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
• Thant’s accomplishments are all the more impressive because the position of secretary-general carries no real power—except for the moral authority to speak for the world as a whole.
  — Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
• The strike has drawn wide condemnation from the secretary-general of the United Nations and international human rights groups.
  — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• An advocate for the rights of women and girls, Trenou served as secretary-general of the Togolese women’s union during the 1960s.
  — Time, 22 Sep. 2025
• The former secretary-general of the United Nations was a co-recipient of the Peace prize in 2001.
  — Connor Greene, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
• About 115 ships were able to move out of the strait in recent days, leaving about 500 still in the area, said Arsenio Dominguez, the agency’s secretary-general.
  — Collin Binkley, Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2026
• About 115 ships were able to move out of the strait in recent days, leaving about 500 still in the area, said Arsenio Dominguez, the agency's secretary-general.
  — Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026
• Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, pushed back on the claim of unpaid taxes during his daily press briefing on Monday.
  — Tamar Michaelis, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
• Jagland at the time was the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, an international organization focused on human rights and the rule of law on the continent.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025
• Nasrallah took the role of Hezbollah’s secretary-general following the demise of his predecessor at the hands of the IDF over 30 years ago.
  — The Editors, National Review, 28 Sep. 2024
• Mohamed Nasheed is the secretary-general of the Climate Vulnerable Forum.
  — Mohamed Nasheed, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025