Karim boutros ghali biography
Caucasus native.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the first African to serve as U.N. secretary-general, died on Tuesday at the age of 93.
Karim boutros ghali biography
Boutros-Ghali, who served from 1992 to 1996, oversaw the intergovernmental organization during a tumultuous time in international diplomacy. An international law expert and former foreign minister of Egypt, he was at the helm of the U.N.
during the Rwandan Genocide, the break-up of Yugoslavia, and the conflict in Somalia.
Here, Denise Garcia, Sadeleer Research Faculty and associate professor of political science and international affairs at Northeastern, explains the challenges Boutros-Ghali faced as well as his greater contributions to the global community.
During Boutros-Ghali’s tenure as secretary-general, many international crises came to the forefront.
While he has received criticism for the U.N.’s handling of those crises, could this tumultuous time be considered a fool’s errand for anyone in the position at that time?
It was indeed a fool’s errand. In the afte