The organizations current chief Ban Ki-moon has described him as a "memorable¹ leader who rendered invaluable² services to world peace and international order".

 

Only last month, he met Chinese President Xi Jinping and was honored for his outstanding contribution to China-Egypt friendship.

 

The President of the UN Security Council for this month, Venezuela's UN Ambassador Rafael Dario made the announcement ahead of a Security Council meeting on Tuesday morning.

 

"Dear colleagues, we have been informed that Secretary General Boutrous Boutros Ghali has passed away. We want to ask members of the Security Council to hold a minute's silence in his memory."

 

Boutros-Ghali served as U.N. chief from 1992 to 1996. His term was marked by brutal³ conflicts in Haiti, Somalia, Rwanda and the the former Yugoslavia.

 

Present UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, says Boutros-Ghali headed the United Nations at the time when the world body was redefining itself after the Cold War.

 

"The late Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali was a respected statesman in the service of his country Egypt. He was a well-known scholar of international law and brought formidable experience and intellectual power to the task of piloting the United Nations through one of the most tumultuous and challenging periods in its history, and guiding the Organization of the Francophonie in subsequent years."

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