For us, genocide was the gas chamber – what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.
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For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem.
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Birth: | 14th November, 1922 |
Nationality: | Egyptian |
Profession: | Diplomat, Politician |
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was born in Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt. He is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from January 1992 to December 1996. An academic and former Vice Foreign Minister of Egypt, Boutros Boutros-Ghali oversaw the UN at a time when it dealt with several world crises, including the break-up of Yugoslavia and the Rwandan Genocide. He was then the first Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie from November 1997 to December 2002. Boutros-Ghali graduated from Cairo University in 1946. He received a PhD in international law from the University of Paris and diploma in international relations from the Sciences Po in 1949. During 1949–1979, he was appointed Professor of International Law and International Relations at Cairo University.
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