Editing Kofi Annan (section)

=== Appointment ===
{{Main|1996 United Nations Secretary-General selection}}

In 1996, Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali ran unopposed for a second term. Although he won 14 of the 15 votes on the Security Council, he was vetoed by the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last = Crossette |first = Barbara |title = Round One in the U.N. Fight: A U.S. Veto of Boutros-Ghali |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/20/world/round-one-in-the-un-fight-a-us-veto-of-boutros-ghali.html |newspaper = The New York Times |date = 20 November 1996 |access-date = 9 October 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171009144527/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/20/world/round-one-in-the-un-fight-a-us-veto-of-boutros-ghali.html |archive-date=9 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> After four deadlocked meetings of the Security Council, Boutros-Ghali suspended his candidacy, becoming the only secretary-general ever to be denied a second term. Annan was the leading candidate to replace him, beating [[Amara Essy]] by one vote in the first round. However, France vetoed Annan four times before finally abstaining. The UN Security Council recommended Annan on 13 December 1996.<ref>{{cite press release |title = BIO/3051 – "Kofi Annan of Ghana recommended by Security Council for appointment as Secretary-General of United Nations" |publisher=United Nations |date = 13 December 1996 |url = https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1996/19961213.bio3051.html |access-date = 12 December 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080618062625/http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1996/19961213.bio3051.html |archive-date = 18 June 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Traub|2006|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bestintentionsko00trau/page/66 66]–67}} Confirmed four days later by the vote of the General Assembly,<ref>{{cite press release |title = GA/9208 -"General Assembly appoints Kofi Annan of Ghana as seventh Secretary-General" |publisher=United Nations |date=17 December 1996 |url = https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1996/19961217.ga9208.html |access-date = 12 December 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080618062628/http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1996/19961217.ga9208.html|archive-date = 18 June 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> he started his first term as secretary-general on 1 January 1997.

Due to Boutros-Ghali's overthrow, a second Annan term would give Africa the office of Secretary-General for three consecutive terms. In 2001, the [[Asia-Pacific Group]] agreed to support Annan for a second term in return for the [[African Group]]'s support for an Asian secretary-general in the [[2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection|2006 selection]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sievers |first1=Loraine |last2=Daws |first2=Sam |chapter = Chapter 7 Section 5b |chapter-url = https://www.scprocedure.org/chapter-7-section-5b |title = The Procedure of the UN Security Council, 4th Edition |access-date = 9 October 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171009193821/https://www.scprocedure.org/chapter-7-section-5b |archive-date=9 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Security Council recommended Annan for a second term on 27 June 2001, and the General Assembly approved his reappointment on 29 June 2001.<ref>{{cite press release |title=General Assembly Adopts Security Council Resolution to Appoint Kofi Annan to Further Term as Secretary-General |url = https://www.un.org/press/en/2001/ga9889.doc.htm |publisher=United Nations |date=29 June 2001 |language=en |access-date=9 October 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171009154332/https://www.un.org/press/en/2001/ga9889.doc.htm |archive-date=9 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>