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Which organization did Desmond Tutu serve as general-secretary from 1978 to 1985?

  • South African Council of Churches

  • All Africa Conference of Churches

  • African National Congress

  • United Nations

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Desmond Tutu served as the general-secretary of the South African Council of Churches from 1978 to 1985. In this role, he became one of the most prominent opponents of South Africa's apartheid system of racial segregation and white minority rule.
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