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...Boutros-Ghali's Challenge...
When Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali became Secretary-General of the United Nations on New Year's Day, he hit the ground running. He'd better not slow down, because never in its 47-year history has the world body had so much to do in so many areas of the globe...
...even begun to change in a way that will allow it to take advantage of the revolution in world politics. Boutros-Ghali is like a chief executive officer taking over a corporation in danger of Chapter 11: it has vast assets and a line of products everyone wants -- peace, health and prosperity -- but a bottom line that hovers near bankruptcy. The U.N. is overstaffed, underfunded and mismanaged. Its activities are often badly conceived, wasteful and hobbled by petty politics...
...Ghali brings strong qualifications to the $202,346-a-year post. He is an expert in international law and comes with a 21-page curriculum vitae replete with degrees, decorations and scholarly writings in three languages. After Anwar Sadat brought him into political life in 1974, Ghali became a key negotiator in the Camp David peace process, and he has helped mediate many quarrels among African nations...
Those ties helped, since it was largely the determination of the Africans that won him the job. Last June the Organization of African Unity, meeting in Nigeria, agreed to go all out to demand its turn in power and drew up a list of six candidates, all except Ghali from sub-Saharan nations. He was added almost by chance, to meet France's demand for a French-speaking candidate. In drawing up the list, President Mobutu of Zaire looked about the room, fixed his eye on Ghali and declared, "Vous!" China quickly pledged its support for an African, and France...