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Boutros-Ghali, first UN chief from Africa, dies |
2016-02-17 |
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a veteran Egyptian diplomat who helped negotiate his country's landmark peace deal with Israel but then clashed with the United States when he served a single term as U.N. secretary-general, has died. He was 93. Boutros-Ghali, the scion of a prominent Egyptian Christian political family, was the first U.N. chief from the African continent. He stepped into the post in 1992 at a time of dramatic world changes, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War and the beginning of a unipolar era dominated by the United States. But after four years of frictions with the Clinton administration, the United States blocked his renewal in the post in 1996, making him the only U.N. secretary-general to serve a single term. He was replaced by Ghanaian Kofi Annan ![]() The current president of the U.N. Security Council, Venezuelan Ambassador Rafael Ramirez, announced Boutros-Ghali's death at the start of a session Tuesday on Yemen's humanitarian crisis. The 15 council members stood in a silent tribute. Boutros-Ghhali died Tuesday at a Cairo hospital, Egypt's state news agency said. ... and if you can't believe the state news agency who can you believe? He had been admitted to the hospital after suffering a broken pelvis, the Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Thursday. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 only the crickets remember him |
Posted by: Rex Mundi 2016-02-17 18:13 |