Boutros Boutros-Ghali Professions : PoliticianBorn : November 14, 1922Died : February 16, 2016 Browse All Authors Top 35 quotes by Boutros Boutros-Ghali 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 viewswritingreality There is a greater fatigue concerning the African problem today than five or 10 years ago. The situation now in Africa is worse today than it was 10 years ago. Boutros Boutros-Ghali problemtodayyears 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 armeniaviewseurope I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor. Boutros Boutros-Ghali successorspredecessorsused The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day. Boutros Boutros-Ghali A new vision of development is emerging. Development is becoming a people-centered process, whose ultimate goal must be the improvement of the human condition. Boutros Boutros-Ghali 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 neveryousituationdecision For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem. Boutros Boutros-Ghali himdiscussionproblempresident 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 morewherechangepeace 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 youproblemprocesspeace 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 willbigproblemreal 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 decisionsimpleprocesspeace When you have an accident, they will save their own people, and those who have worked with you or with the NGOs are left. Unfortunately, this happens always. It is not an excuse at all. Boutros Boutros-Ghali ownwillyoupeople But I believe that the DPKO at this time was very much involved with American administration and was acting, taking on consideration the demand or the recommendation of the American administration. American administration was very powerful. Boutros Boutros-Ghali powerfulactingtimebelieve 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 memistakefatherworld Similar Authors Bill Jenkins politician Brad Duguid politician Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott politician Brinda Karat politician Boyle Roche politician Ayad Allawi politicianAll Authors
