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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“who should moor at his edge
And fare on afoot would find gates of no gardens,
But the hill of dark underfoot diving,
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He is called Leviathan, and named for rolling,”
—William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)
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