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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Egyptian Public Servant
Born: Nov 14, 1922
Died: Feb 16, 2016
Because Genocide Peace Problem Will You
Related authors: Andrew Yang Ben Bernanke Betsy DeVos Clara Barton Elizabeth Warren Hope Hicks Jerome Powell Jim Mattis
A genocide in Africa has not received the same attention that genocide in Europe or genocide in Turkey or genocide in other part of the world. There is still this kind of basic discrimination against the African people and the African problems. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
People Genocide World Problems Other Kind Part Attention Still Discrimination Same Africa African Against Turkey Europe Basic Received
For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Problem President President Clinton Had Him Clinton According Discussion Marginal
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. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
You Genocide Able Were Germany Happened Realize Us Create Chamber Gas
The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more a peacekeeping operation because there was no peace. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Change Peace Somalia More Involved Operation Because Were Discovered Began Where Peacekeeping
The fact that you had disruptions in the peace process was not only in Rwanda. We had the same problem in Cambodia, we had the same problem in Mozambique, we had the same problem in Salvador. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
You Peace Problem Only Fact Had Cambodia Salvador Same Process Peace Process Disruption
The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Failure Aggressive United Nations Enough Members Security Security Council Council Retrospective Maybe Nations United
We got involved in the Rwanda peace process for the simple reason that there was a decision which was taken by the Security Council, because the troops were in Uganda, and we decided to have a military presence. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Peace Simple Decision Military Security Security Council Troops Simple Reason Council Taken Involved Because Got Uganda Were Decided Process Which Reason Peace Process Presence
But at the beginning, our definition of the genocide was what happened to Armenia in 1917 or 1919, it's happened to the Jew in Europe, and we were not realizing - In our point of view, they have not the tools to do a genocide. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Genocide Beginning Tools Our Definition Point Point Of View Armenia Were Happened Realizing View Europe Jew
But I believe that the DPKO at this time was very much involved with American administration and was acting, taking on consideration the demand or the recommendation of the American administration. American administration was very powerful. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Time Believe Consideration Recommendation Administration Taking Powerful Demand Involved Very American Much Acting
It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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