Helvi L. Sipila
/Overview
Helvi L. Sipilä born Helsinki, Finland May 5, 1915. Finnish lawyer. Highest-ranking woman in UN as first woman Assistant Secretary General, 1972-80; organized first International Women's Conference Mexico, 1975; started first development fund for women, 1976.
Quotations
"Peace is only the situation in which a nation has no need for war. . . The only way to prevent war is to strive for justice in the world by reducing discrimination and injustices." (Helsingen Sonomat, May 5, 2000; photo UN)