A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/51/200 20 February 1997 Fifty-first session Agenda item 16 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/51/L.66)] 51/200. Appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations The General Assembly, Having considered the recommendation contained in Security Council resolution 1090 (1996) of 13 December 1996,1 Appoints Mr. Kofi Annan Secretary-General of the United Nations for a term of office beginning on 1 January 1997 and ending on 31 December 2001. 88th plenary meeting 17 December 1996 1 See A/51/732. 97-76813