Claim: United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs—established in 1992 as a way to monitor and assess global political developments—had 13 Under-Secretary-General from Soviet Union while only one from Russia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria became Under-Secretary-Generals.
Evidence: The United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nations (UN) with responsibility for monitoring and assessing global political developments and advising and assisting the UN Secretary General and his envoys in the peaceful prevention and resolution of conflict around the world. 1992; 28 years ago (1992) Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Russia Sierra Leone Nigeria Konstantin Zinchenko Ilya S. Tchernychev Dragoslav Protitch Anatoly F. Dobrynin Georgy Arkadev E.D. Kiselyv V.P. Suslov Alexei E. Nesterenko Leonid N. Kutakov Arkady N. Shevchenko Mikhail D. Sytenko Viacheslav A. Ustinov Vasilly S. Safronchuk Vladimir F. Petrovsky James O.C. Jonah Ibrahim Gambari