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Secretary-General

Process in 1991

Nomination of candidates

  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt)
  • Bernard Chidzero (Zimbabwe)
  • Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria)

Recommendation of the Security Council

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The General Assembly appointed Boutros Boutros-Ghali as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Samir S. Shihabi (Saudi Arabia), President of the forty-sixth session of the General Assembly administered the oath of office for a five-year term beginning on 1 January, 1992. UN Photo/Milton Grant
 
 

Communication of recommendation to the General Assembly

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Appointment by the General Assembly

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Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt, was appointed by acclamation by the General Assembly this morning as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations, for a five-year term beginning 1 January 1992. UN Photo/John Isaac