Frases de Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Butros Butros-Ghali fue un diplomático egipcio que ocupó el cargo de Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas entre enero de 1992 y diciembre de 1996.

✵ 14. noviembre 1922 – 16. febrero 2016
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Frases célebres de Boutros Boutros-Ghali

“Desde la creación de las Naciones Unidas, en 1945, han perdido la vida aproximadamente 20 millones de personas debido a más de cien conflictos importantes ocurridos en todo el mundo.”

Fuente: Discurso ante la Organización de las Naciones Unidas en 1992. An Agenda for peace.
Fuente: http://www.un.org/en/sc/repertoire/89-92/Chapter%208/GENERAL%20ISSUES/Item%2029_Agenda%20for%20peace_.pdf

“Las Naciones Unidas debieron presenciar, impotentes, muchas de esas crisis debido a repetidos vetos en el Consejo de Seguridad —llegaron a registrarse 279—, clara expresión de las divisiones de ese período [de la Guerra Fría entre los bloques capitalista y comunista].”

Fuente: El secretario general Boutros Boutros-Ghali expresó lo anterior en su discurso "Un programa de paz".
Fuente: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/55/305

Boutros Boutros-Ghali: Frases en inglés

“Only stupid people don't change their minds.”

On why he sought a second 5 year term as Secretary General of the UN, having initially planned on serving only one, "The Change in the Administration's Position is a Mystery" http://www.globalpolicy.org/secgen/boutros/1996/deborch1.htm Interview with The Washington Times (11 November 1996)
1990s

“No, because Disneyland is not an independent state.”

As quoted in "War" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5P9J1wCgNM (28 February 2003), Da Ali G Show http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508528/?ref_=ttep_ep2
2000s

“Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, over 100 major conflicts around the world have left some 20 million dead.”

In a speech in 1992. Cited in Awake! magazine, 1995, 9/8; article: How Was the World 50 Years Ago?
1990s

“I believe it will take time to find a solution to the problem. Thus we must have patience.”

On the Bosnian War, as quoted in Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
1990s

“I am Boutros Boutros-Ghali; put down your guns and listen to Bob Marley.”

As quoted in "War" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5P9J1wCgNM (28 February 2003), Da Ali G Show http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508528/?ref_=ttep_ep2
2000s

“The days of dictatorship are over. … We have come a long way. Millions of Egyptians and Iraqis have cast their votes at the ballot box. The Palestinians will follow suit.”

Quoted in "Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The world is his oyster" by Gamal Nkrumah in Al-Ahram weekly No. 777 (10 - 18 January 2006) http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/777/profile.htm
2000s

“The lesson I learned in Cairo still applies. The only way to deal with bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence.”

Statement of 1993, as quoted in The Coming Plague : Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance (1995) by Laurie Garrett, p. 592, and in Preventive Diplomacy : Stopping Wars before they Start (1996) by Kevin M. Cahill, p. 254
1990s

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