The UN Charter describes him or her merely as the “chief administrative officer of the organization,” yet today the Secretary-General is widely recognized as the UN's chief political representative. How did this transformation and expansion of the office from administrative to political take place? Existing scholarship tends to emphasize the contribution made by Dag Hammarskjold. This article challenges that story on two accounts: first, by pointing out the importance of institutional factors and not just the officeholder's personality; and second, by examining the contribution made by Trygve Lie, the UN's first Secretary-General. The article establishes a conceptual framework based on institutional theory to understand the role of the Secretary-General and analyzes Lie's contribution in the period 1946–1953.

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“和平力量”：1946-1953 年在特里格韦·赖伊下扩大联合国秘书长的作用

联合国宪章仅将他或她描述为“该组织的首席行政官”，但今天，秘书长被广泛认为是联合国的首席政治代表。办公室从行政到政治的转变和扩张是如何发生的？现有的学术研究倾向于强调达格·哈马舍尔德所做的贡献。本文从两个方面挑战了这个故事：首先，指出制度因素的重要性，而不仅仅是公务员的个性；其次，通过审查联合国第一任秘书长特里格夫·赖的贡献。文章建立了一个基于制度理论的概念框架来理解秘书长的作用，并分析了赖在 1946 年至 1953 年期间的贡献。