1976 United Nations Secretary-General selection

1976 United Nations Secretary-General selection
← 1971 7 December 1976 1981 →
 
Candidate Kurt Waldheim Luis Echeverría
Country  Austria  Mexico
Vote
14 / 15
3 / 15
Vetoes None Soviet Union
Round 2nd round 2nd round
UN Secretary-General before election

Kurt Waldheim

 Elected UN Secretary-General

Kurt Waldheim

A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 1976 at the end of Kurt Waldheim's first term. After a single symbolic veto from China to show its support for a Secretary-General from the Third World, Waldheim easily defeated Luis Echeverría Álvarez in the balloting. The Security Council re-selected Kurt Waldheim as Secretary General for another five-year term beginning 1 January 1977.