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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

Topics: Africa African Against Attention Basic Discrimination Europe Genocide Kind Other Part People Problems Received Same Still Turkey World

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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

Topics: Aggressive Council Enough Failure Maybe Members Nations Retrospective Security Security Council United United Nations

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But definitely, when a decision is taken, or when you are trying to oppose a decision, you are in a weaker position than the member states, because they know more about the situation than you. We gave information, but they never gave us any information.

~Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Topics: About Any Because Decision Definitely Gave Information Know Member More Never Oppose Position Situation States Taken Than Trying Us Weaker You

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For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem.

~Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Topics: According Clinton Discussion Had Him Marginal President President Clinton Problem Rwanda

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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.

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Topics: Able Chamber Create Gas Genocide Germany Happened Realize Us Were You

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I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.

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Topics: About Neither Never Say Successor Talk Used

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In Yugoslavia, I'd asked for additional forces too. I even went to meet the French prime minister, and I proposed additional forces... Nobody wanted to send troops.

~Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Topics: Additional Asked Even Forces French Meet Minister Nobody Prime Prime Minister Proposed Send Too Troops Wanted Yugoslavia

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So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa.

~Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Topics: Africa Always Because Behind Happy Say Somebody Why Rwanda

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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

Topics: Because Began Change Discovered Involved More Operation Peace Peacekeeping Somalia Were Where

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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

Topics: Cambodia Disruption Fact Had Only Peace Peace Process Problem Process Salvador Same You Rwanda

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Biography

Nationality: Egyptian

Type: Public Servant

Born: November 14th, 1922

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