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United NationsFormer Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali
1992 - 1996
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1999 | 1996 1999
Flaws in UN's Moral Authority (June 22, 1999)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali highlights the political problems at the United Nations that threaten to weaken the organization's mandate to promote democracy. The former UN Secretary General warns that both the unilateral policies of the US and the apparent unwillingness of other "major" countries to "play any significant role in international affairs" reflect poorly on the UN. (Inter Press Service)Boutros-Ghali Bites Back (June 14, 1999)
In his review of Boutros Boutros-Ghali's book Unvanquished: A US-UN Saga, UN Correspondent Ian Williams of The Nation elaborates on the former Secretary General's difficulties in dealing with US policy toward the UN.Boutros-Ghali's Book Says Albright and Clinton Betrayed Him (May 24, 1999)
New York Times article on the former Secretary General's book, Unvanquished: A US-UN Saga.1996
Proposals for an Improved Secretary General Selection Process (1996)
Uncle Sam Doesn't Want You (December 2, 1996)
Chronology of the Secretary General Election (December 1996)
Why Washington Wants Rid of Mr Boutros Ghali (November 1996)
After the Cold War the US saw its chance to take control of the UN as the Soviet opposition bloc disappeared. But Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali instead seized the opportunity to present innovative agendas for peace and development. The skeptical US reaction to these proposals showed that "all-powerful America only wanted to deal with an ordinary bureaucrat who would, by definition, have to obey or to resign." (Le Monde diplomatique)The No-Win Gamble (November 12, 1996)
The Change in the Administration's Position is a Mystery (November 11, 1996)
Comments on the Secretary General Election of 1996 (November 1996)
African Newspapers on the Election of the UN Secretary General (July 1996)
Needed at the UN: More Secretary, Less General (June 24, 1996)
In this article by the conservative Heritage Foundation, author James Phillips urges the Clinton administration to veto Boutros Boutros-Ghali's bid for a second term as UN Secretary General. Philips criticizes the Secretary General for his "utopian goals such as 'eradicating poverty'" and for expanding the UN's peacekeeping work. The article argues that the next Secretary General should get the UN "out of the foreign aid business altogether" and promote "free-market economic policies" and "property rights."
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