Word: ghali
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bosnia to protect U.N. forces struggling to deliver humanitarian aid "if the U.N. gives the signal." The allies, he said, are agreed on the mechanism and procedures, and the targets have been selected. "We know how to do the job," said the official. "The ball's in Boutros-Ghali's court...
Boutros Boutros-Ghali is justifiably angry. Another U.N. contingent, reportedly Saudi, was similarly insubordinate. If the troops don't obey the orders of the U.N. commander, then the U.N. force dissolves overnight. But there is no cure for this dilemma, because at its heart lies the U.N. fiction. Its soldiers wear the same colored hats, but they have differently colored , allegiances. When ordered into danger, they will always phone home. How are we going to abolish the allegiance soldiers feel to their flag and country? And how are we going to prevent governments from exercising sovereign control over their...
...Center bombing, on charges that they planned to blow up the United Nations, two highway tunnels under the Hudson River and a federal building in Manhattan in which the FBI has offices. The group also planned to assassinate New York Senator Alfonse D'Amato, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...
...Bosnia almost 10,000 U.N. troops help deliver relief under extremely dangerous conditions. U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has requested 7,500 more soldiers to enforce so-called safe havens around six Muslim towns under Serbian siege. But that plan was flawed from the outset: many fear the safe areas will turn into permanent refugee camps guarded indefinitely by U.N. soldiers. And it is proving nearly impossible to implement. U.N. troops are routinely refused access to Muslim areas by Serb commanders, cannot shoot unless fired upon or intervene even when they witness / atrocities. Britain and France, who supply most...
...subsequent buildup had proceeded slowly. A promised contingent of 7,000 troops, including 4,000 from India, never arrived. As the weeks gave way to months, says Robert Oakley, the U.S. special envoy during the opening phases of Operation Restore Hope, "we kept telling Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali we were leaving, but he wouldn't take it seriously...