Abstract
This chapter explores all aspects of Trygve Lie’s interaction with the Security Council, beginning with his appointment process and the negotiation of the relative domains of the Council and the Secretary-General. This was a time when the working methods of the UN system were rapidly evolving through political negotiation and responses to external crises. It examines Lie’s personality and character, how he viewed his own responsibilities in the maintenance of international peace and security as crises arose, the legal and political tools he developed and exercised, and his changing relationship with individual permanent members and the six elected members. In the emerging Cold War, Lie’s position in the Security Council would be determined in particular by his relationships with the United States and the Soviet Union. Taking initiative in response to external crises in Iran, Palestine, Berlin, and Korea, Lie succeeded in laying foundations for an expanded political role for the Secretary-General.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The UN Secretary-General and the Security Council: A Dynamic Relationship |
| Editors | Manuel Fröhlich and Abiodun Williams |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 22-41 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780198748915 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |