United Nations Security Council Resolution 1090 Explained

Number:	1090
Organ:	SC
Date:	13 December
Year:	1996
Meeting:	3,725
Code:	S/RES/1090
Document:	https://undocs.org/S/RES/1090(1996)
Subject:	Recommendation regarding the appointment of the Secretary-General
Result:	Adopted

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]

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]

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1001 to 1100 (1995–1997)

External links

• • Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

Notes and References

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