United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1090

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1090

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1090

United Nations resolution adopted in 1996

United Nations Security Council resolution 1090, adopted without a vote at a closed meeting on 13 December 1996, having considered the question of the recommendation for the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Mr. Kofi Annan be appointed for a term of office from 1 January 1997, to 31 December 2001.[1]

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Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian diplomat, was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. The United States had vetoed another term for his predecessor, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, due to lack of reform.[2]

It was the first time that a Security Council resolution had been adopted by acclamation.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "United Nations: U.S. Blocks Re-Appointment of Boutros-Ghali as U.N. Secretary-general; Kofi Annan Elected as Successor". Foreign Policy Bulletin. 8. Cambridge University Press: 104–113. 1997. doi:10.1017/S1052703600001301.
  2. [2]
    Associated Press (14 December 1996). "Security Council unanimously chooses Annan as new leader". Boca Raton News.
  3. [3]
    "Chapter VI – Relations with other United Nations organs (2000–2003)" (PDF). United Nations.
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