U.N. Chief Gets Second Term
Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS —
The Security Council voted unanimously today to give Javier Perez de Cuellar a second, five-year term as U.N. secretary general. The General Assembly quickly confirmed the move by acclamation.
The 66-year-old Peruvian diplomat was unopposed. Delegates said the 15-nation Security Council needed only one round of secret balloting to recommend that the General Assembly reappoint him, effective Jan. 1. The election comes only 11 weeks after Perez de Cuellar underwent quadruple bypass heart surgery.
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