1981 United Nations Secretary-General selection straw polls, an innovation that became the standard method for selecting a Secretary-General in future open selections. Waldheim's defeat also confirmed the informal two-term limit on the office of Secretary-General, and Pérez's selection firmly established the principle of regional rotation. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council. Therefore, candidates for the office can be vetoed by any of the permanent members. In 1981, Kurt Waldheim of Austria was finishing up his second term as Secretary-General, despite Chinese preferences for a Secretary-General from the Third World. In the 1971
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3275 private foundations and interested individuals to give voluntary contributions to the Secretary-General for the International Women's Year, as called for in Economic and Social Council resolution 1850 (LVI). United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3275 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 29/3275 was a resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1974. The resolution adopted 1975, International Women's Year, as a period of intensified action with regard to equal rights and recognition of women. "The General Assembly," "Recalling" its resolution 3010 (XXVII) of 18 December 1972, in which it proclaimed the year 1975 International Women's Year and decided to