United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been approved for a second five-year term. Ban thanked the General Assembly after a unanimous vote in his favor.

Ban Ki-moon: “With your decision this afternoon, with warm words, you do to me a very great honor beyond expression. Standing in this place, mindful of the immense legacy of my predecessors, I’m humbled by your trust and enlarged by our sense of common purpose.”

A handful of Latin American and Caribbean countries reportedly delayed Ban’s endorsement amid complaints he has neglected their region and sided too closely with the U.S. government.