why do all UN general secreaties have funny names?.?

Question

LIke bhutros bhutros gali and kofi anan

Answer 1

U THANT,its because they always select some obscure diplomat who seemingly will be impartial and acceptable.

Answer 2

They all from foreign countries.

Sir Gladwyn Jebb United Kingdom Acting Secretary-General
1 Trygve Halvdan Lie Norway
2 Dag Hammarskjöld Sweden
3 U Thant Burma
4 Kurt Waldheim Austria
5 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Peru
6 Boutros Boutros-Ghali Egypt
7 Kofi Annan Ghana

Answer 3

They're only funny to you. In the countries they come from they're normal.
I know a couple of guys called Kofi and before Annan and Gali The previous secetary generals were called Javier Perez de Cuellar which is pretty normal for a Peruvian and Kurt Waldheim which again doesn't sound too weird.
Maybe the UN should only select their Secretary generals from the home counties of England so their names are more normal.

Answer 4

Kofi Annan is a Ghanaian name (West Africa) and certainly don't sound funny to the locals. Bhutros means Peter just like Pedro in Portuguese. Ghali is a common name among the Coptic christian community in Egypt. If Kofi and Ghali name sound funny to you, so also will English names like Fairbrothers, Smith, Brown, Waterfall, Whitehorse, Stringfellows and Livingstone to non English.

Answer 5

The better question is why do we allow people to led the UN who are not from developed nations? Isn't the overall goal to develop the world to the same level. Would we be better suited to have a western leader take the control?

Another good question would be... Why does this US contribute 35% of the total UN budget when they go against everything we propose? Same thing could be asked of Japan they contribute25%.

Answer 6

They may SOUND funny to you, because none of them had an Anglo-Saxon background or name.
In their own countries their names sound perfectly normal.

Here you have them all with the country they were/are from.
Trygve Lie - Norway
Dag Hammarskjöld - Sweden
U Thant - Burma
Kurt Waldheim - Austria
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar - Peru
Boutros Boutros-Ghali - Egypt
Koffi Annan - Ghana

Answer 7

Perhaps to inject humor into the United Nations. But kidding aside, UN Gen. Secretaries are great men of integrity and respect. They are extraordinary men of extraordinary chararcter doing extraordinary tasks to unite all nations of the world.

Answer 8

They are not funny, their name comes from different cultures, languages, societies and countries, which trully represents what the United Nations is, a diverse grouping of all countries of the world...

Answer 9

Because they're from non-English speaking countries.

Their names are only funny to you because you think non-English word sound funny.

You're a bigot. Open your mind. Otherwise, you'll be shocked when non-English speaking people laugh at YOUR funny sounding name.

Answer 10

Not funny, dear but unfamilier because different people, different culture, different religious beliefs, different names etc. All are human beings with brains and capable of doing any job.