Boutros Boutros-Ghali, left, with former OPC executive director Sonya Fry and former OPC president John Corporon.
Former United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali died on Feb. 16 at the age of 93.
He was head of the UN from 1992 to 1996, tumultuous years that included the end of the Cold War war as well as genocide in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
In June 1999, the OPC hosted a press conference with Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s on the release of his book, Unvanquished.
Boutros-Ghali, who did not want to release the book at the UN, approached the OPC as an alternative venue for the event.
Boutros-Ghali died at Al Salam Hospital in Cairo after suffering a broken leg as well as heart and kidney problems.
The UN Security Council held a minute of silence after his death was announced.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement saying that Boutros-Ghali had lead the word body through “one of the most tumultuous and challenging periods in its history.”