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Protesters were critical of Boutros-Ghali's policies during the three-year-old ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia. They charged that the U.N. has mediated the conflict rather than moving to punish Serbian aggressors as they attacked Bosnian cities.
"[Boutros-Ghali's visit] is a tragedy of all decency on the part of Harvard," said Javed Sultan of the Cambridge-based relief organization Help International. "Boutros-Ghali has brought about the demise of the United Nations."
The protesters carried signs saying "Never Again is Happening Again" and "Bosnian Muslims in Concentration Camps Starving; Boutros-Ghali at Harvard for Award and Tea." They also passed out flyers as they congregated peacefully on DeWolfe Street in front of Leverett Library.
Before Boutros-Ghali's 3 p.m. panel discussion, crowds of students did join the protesters, but mainly because Cambridge police officers ushered them to that side of the street. As the doors to the Leverett Dining Hall opened, most of the crowd migrated inside.
But one student did not let the closed dining hall stop him. Salvatore Gogliormella '98 said he was pulled away from a dining hall window after he decided to at least get a glimpse of Boutros-Ghali.