The Secretary-General of the United Nations is appointed by

the Security Council aloneCorrect answerYour answerelection by all member states by direct voteCorrect answerYour answerthe Security Council, on the recommendation of the General AssemblyCorrect answerYour answerthe General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Security CouncilCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

The Charter gives the appointment to the General Assembly.
But the Assembly acts on a recommendation from the Security Council, and that recommendation is subject to the veto.
So the Council decides in practice who is available to be appointed, while the formal appointment is the Assembly's.

Worth noting

The order of the two bodies is the question. Reversing it — Council appointing on the Assembly's recommendation — is the distractor, and it inverts where the veto bites.

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