Named For Him
- The U Thant Peace Award acknowledges and honours individuals or organizations for distinguished accomplishments toward the attainment of world peace.
- A tiny island in the East River opposing the headquarters of the United Nations, U Thant Island, is named after him.
- Jalan U-Thant in Kuala Lumpur,currently named after the former UN General Secretary U Thant.
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“We named you Joy.
I, who was never quite sure
about being a girl, needed another
life, another image to remind me.
And this was my worst guilt; you could not cure
nor soothe it. I made you to find me.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)