Word: ghaly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Secretary-General I have made a lot of mistakes," Boutros-Ghali said during a luncheon speech at Leverett Dining Hall. "One of them is speaking to you about peacekeeping when I should be talking about development...
During the speech and a later panel discussion in the dining hall, Boutros-Ghali emphasized that immediate peacekeeping functions have overshadowed economic development, the most important long-term goal...
...Boutros-Ghali said in response, cannot end the fighting in Bosnia until the world's most powerful countries "impose a solution through military action." He also said "a division of labor" in Bosnia, with NATO in charge of air power and the U.N. leading ground troops, had hurt peacekeeping efforts there...
...discussion, Boutros-Ghali was asked questions by the panel members ranging from his definition of peace to the possibility of redrawing the borders of African countries...
...Boutros-Ghali, who is Egyptian, began serving his five-year term as Secretary-General...