UN General Assembly president salutes late UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Xinhua, February 19, 2016 Adjust font size:
UN General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft on Thursday saluted late UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali for leading UN from 1992-1996.
Boutros-Ghali held office during a period of great change and incredible challenges, said a statement of Lykketoft delivered at a special General Assembly Session to commemorate Boutros-Ghali.
Taking over soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Boutros-Ghali had "worked relentlessly to reform this large and at times unwieldy Organization, and to manage the UN's response to appalling crises in Europe, Africa and beyond," said the statement.
Outcomes from major conferences during his tenure in Rio, Vienna, Beijing and Cairo, together with his Agenda for Peace and Agenda for Development, can now be seen very clearly the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it noted.
His time at the helm demonstrates ever so clearly that the position of UN Secretary General is indeed one of the most difficult jobs in the world, said the statement.
Boutros-Ghali, the first African and Arab Secretary-General of the United Nations, died on Feb. 16 at the age of 93 in Egypt.
The General Assembly observed a minute of silence in memory of Boutros-Ghali Thursday morning. Enditem