1 January 1982
1981: JAVIER PEREZ DE CUELLAR - FIFTH SECRETARY-GENERAL
Javier Perez de Cuellar, Peru, elected Secretary-General on 15 December 1981. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar (Peru) assumes office as Secretary-General of the United Nations on 1 January 1982.
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December 1984
1984: UN OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS IN AFRICA
Sandstorm on shore of Lake Baringo, Kenya. 1984. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar sets up a UN office for Emergency Operations in Africa to help coordinate famine relief efforts.
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September 1987
1987: PROTECTION OF THE OZONE LAYER - MONTREAL PROTOCOL
A brilliant sun shining over Knoxville, Tenessee, United States, 1978. Efforts of UNEP lead to the signing of the Treaty on the Protection of the Ozone Layer - known as the Montreal Protocol - a follow-up to the 1985 Vienna Convention on the Ozone Layer.
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