In 2006 he became the first Asian in more than 30 years to be elected Secretary General of the U.N.
... members are 
elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly; equitable ... to replace the 
League of Nations was first stated officially on Oct. 30, 1943, in the Moscow ..... to 
UN calculations, but by the end of 2004 that had been reduced by more than 80
%.