1981 United Nations Secretary-General selection 1981 United Nations Secretary-General selection A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 1981. Kurt Waldheim ran for an unprecedented third full term as Secretary-General, losing to Salim Ahmed Salim by one vote. However, the selection deadlocked through 16 rounds of voting as China vetoed Waldheim and the United States voted against Salim. The Security Council finally settled on a dark horse candidate who stayed home and did not campaign. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar was selected for a term beginning on 1 January 1982, becoming the first Secretary-General from Latin America. The deadlock was finally broken by a system of
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3010 Convention concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value, 1951,/22 adopted by the International Labour Conference at its thirty-fourth session; 5. "Requests" the Secretary-General to prepare, in consultation with Member States, specialized agencies and interested non-governmental organizations, within the limits of existing resources, a draft programme for the International Women's Year and to submit it to the Commission on the Status of Women at its twenty-fifth session in 1974. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3010 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3010 (XXVII) was a resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly on 18 December 1972.