The United Nations has announced the death of Boutros Boutros-Ghali, its former secretary-general. Boutros-Ghali was the UN’s sixth secretary general, serving a single term between 1992 and 1996. He died at a Cairo hospital after being admitted with a broken pelvis, Egypt’s state news agency said.
His death was confirmed by Rafael Ramirez, Venezuelan ambassador to the UN and current president of the UN Security Council. Born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo on 14 November, 1922 , Boutros-Ghali was educated at Cairo University and in Paris, where he established a lifelong connection with France.
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