A UN Secretary-General who Defied the US– and Suffered a Backlash

A UN Secretary-General who Defied the US– and Suffered a Backlash

UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (IPS) - When Egypt’s onetime Foreign Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali was running for the post of U.N. Secretary-General in late 1991, he had to contend with the rival candidature of Bernard Chidzero, then foreign minister of Zimbabwe.

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