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First African Secretary General of the United Nations is dead

First African Secretary General of the United Nations is dead

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The Egyptian diplomat and former Secretary General of the United Nations, Boutros Boutros-Ghali has died today, February 16, at the age of 93 in Cairo.

Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has died: Venezuelan UN Ambassador tells UN Security Council. pic.twitter.com/tIwqgdXowi

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The death of the first African Secretary General was announced today by the president of the UN Security Council, Rafael Ramirez.

The Security Council observed a minute’s silence for Boutros-Ghali who was admitted last week at a hospital in Cairo.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who is the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations was elected to head the position in January 1992 until December 1996. He was succeeded by another African, Ghanaian Kofi Annan.

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