The fact that you had disruptions in the peace process was not only in Rwanda. We had the same problem in Cambodia, we had the same problem in Mozambique, we had the same problem in Salvador. Boutros Boutros-Ghali cambodiadisruptionfact Change image and share on social
For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem. Boutros Boutros-Ghali clintondiscussionmarginal Change image and share on social
The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more a peacekeeping operation because there was no peace. Boutros Boutros-Ghali beginchangediscover Change image and share on social
The real problem was not the troops; the real problem was that only the United States had the infrastructure to do the transport of troops with big planes, and then who will pay? Boutros Boutros-Ghali biginfrastructurepay Change image and share on social
It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody. Boutros Boutros-Ghali actbasisbush share on social
For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide. Boutros Boutros-Ghali chambercreategenocide Change image and share on social
A genocide in Africa has not received the same attention that genocide in Europe or genocide in Turkey or genocide in other part of the world. There is still this kind of basic discrimination against the African people and the African problems. Boutros Boutros-Ghali africaafricanattention share on social
In Yugoslavia, I'd asked for additional forces too. I even went to meet the French prime minister, and I proposed additional forces... Nobody wanted to send troops. Boutros Boutros-Ghali additionalaskforce Change image and share on social
But definitely, when a decision is taken, or when you are trying to oppose a decision, you are in a weaker position than the member states, because they know more about the situation than you. We gave information, but they never gave us any information. Boutros Boutros-Ghali decisiongiveinformation share on social
I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor. Boutros Boutros-Ghali predecessorsuccessortalk Change image and share on social
