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
But at the beginning, our definition of the genocide was what happened to Armenia in 1917 or 1919, it's happened to the Jew in Europe, and we were not realizing - In our point of view, they have not the tools to do a genocide. Boutros Boutros-Ghali armeniabegindefinition share on social
We got involved in the Rwanda peace process for the simple reason that there was a decision which was taken by the Security Council, because the troops were in Uganda, and we decided to have a military presence. Boutros Boutros-Ghali councildecidedecision 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 problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today. Boutros Boutros-Ghali changeconsiderationcourage 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
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
We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide. Boutros Boutros-Ghali genocidemacheterealize 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
