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Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali became the sixth Secretary-General of the United
Nations on January 1st, 1992, when he began a five-year term. At the time of his
appointment by the General Assembly on December 3, 1991, Mr. Boutros-Ghali
had been Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt since May 1991 and
had served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from October 1977 until 1991.
Mr. Boutros-Ghali has had a long association with international affairs as a
diplomat, jurist, scholar and widely published author.
He became a member of the Egyptian Parliament in 1987 and was part of the
secretariat of the National Democratic Party from 1980. Until assuming the office
of Secretary-General of the United Nations, he was also Vice-President of the
Socialist International.
He was a member of the International Law Commission from 1979 until 1991, and
is a former member of the International Commission of Jurists. He has many
professional and academic associations related to his background in law,
international affairs and political science, among them, his membership in the
Institute of International Law, the International Institute of Human Rights, the
African Society of Political Studies and the Académie des sciences morales et
politiques (Académie française, Paris).
For four decades, Mr. Boutros-Ghali participated in numerous meetings dealing
with international law, human rights, economic and social development,
decolonization, the Middle East question, international humanitarian law, the
rights of ethnic and other minorities, non-alignment, development in the
Mediterranean region and Afro-Arab cooperation.
In September 1978, Mr. Boutros-Ghali attended the Camp David Summit
Conference and had a role in negotiating the Camp David accords between Egypt
and Israel, which were signed in 1979. He led many delegations of his country to
meetings of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the Movement of
Non-Aligned Countries, as well as to the Summit Conference of the French and
African Heads of State. He also headed Egypt's delegation to the General
Assembly sessions in 1979, 1982 and 1990.
Mr. Boutros-Ghali received a Ph.D. in international law from Paris University in
1949. His thesis was on the study of regional organizations. Mr. Boutros-Ghali
also holds a Bachelor of Law degree, received from Cairo University in 1946, as
well as separate diplomas in political science, economics and public law from
Paris University.
Between 1949 and 1977, Mr. Boutros-Ghali was Professor of International Law
and International Relations at Cairo University. From 1974 to 1977, he was a
member of the Central Committee and Political Bureau of the Arab Socialist Union.
Among his other professional and academic activities, Mr. Boutros-Ghali was a
Fulbright Research Scholar at Columbia University (1954-1955); Director of the
Centre of Research of The Hague Academy of International Law (1963-1964);
and Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law, Paris University (1967-1968). He has
lectured on international law and international relations at universities in Africa,
Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America.
Mr. Boutros-Ghali was President of the Egyptian Society of International Law
starting 1965; President of the Centre of Political and Strategic Studies
(Al-Ahram) starting 1975; member of the Curatorium Administrative Council of
The Hague Academy of International Law starting 1978; member of the Scientific
Committee of the Académie mondiale pour la paix (Menton, France) starting
1978; and associate member of the Institute affari internazionali (Rome) starting
1979. He served as a member of the Committee on the Application of
Conventions and Recommendations of the International Labour Organisation
from 1971 until 1979. Mr. Boutros-Ghali also founded the publication Alahram
Iqtisadi, which he edited from 1960 to 1975, and the quarterly Al-Seyassa
Al-Dawlia, which he edited until December 1991.
The more than 100 publications and numerous articles that Mr. Boutros-Ghali has
written deal with regional and international affairs, law and diplomacy, and political
science.
During the course of his career, Mr. Boutros-Ghali has received awards and
honours from 24 countries, which, besides Egypt, include Belgium, Italy,
Colombia, Guatemala, France, Ecuador, Argentina, Nepal, Luxembourg, Portugal,
Niger, Mali, Mexico, Greece, Chile, Brunei Darussalam, Germany, Peru, Cotes
d'Ivoire, Denmark, Central African Republic, Sweden and the Republic of Korea.
He has also been decorated with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
He was awarded a doctorate of law honoris causa from the Institute of State and
Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (September 1992); a
doctorate honoris causa from l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris (January
1993); the Christian A. Herter Memorial Award from the World Affairs Council,
Boston (March 1993); a doctorate honoris causa from The Catholic University of
Louvain, Belgium (April 1993); the "Man of Peace" award, sponsored by the
Italian-based Together for Peace Foundation (July 1993); an honorary doctorate
degree from the University of Laval, Quebec (August 1993); and the Arthur A.
Houghton Jr. Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American
Institute, New York (November 1993).
In addition, he was given an honorary membership of the Russian Academy of
Natural Sciences, Moscow (April 1994); an honorary foreign membership of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (April 1994); an honourary foreign
membership of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, (April 1994); an
honorary doctorate from the University Carlos III of Madrid (April 1994); an
honorary degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University,
Washington, D.C. (May 1994); a doctorate in international law honoris causa from
the University of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (August 1994); honorary
doctorates from the University of Bucharest (October 1994), University of Baku
(October 1994), University of Yerevan (November 1994), University of Haifa
(February 1995), University of Vienna (February 1995), and University of
Melbourne (April 1995); and a doctorate of law honoris causa from Carleton
University, Canada (November 1995). He was made a Fellow of Berkeley College,
Yale University (March 1995) and is the recipient of the Onassis Award for
International Understanding and Social Achievement (July 1995). He was awarded
an honorary doctorate of law by the University Montesquien of Bordeau, France
(March 1996), and he received an honorary doctorate from Koryo University,
Seoul, Republic of Korea (April 1996).
Mr. Boutros-Ghali was born in Cairo on November 14, 1922. He is married to Leia
Maria Boutros-Ghali.
Source: UN Press Release: Biographical Note SG/2015/Rev.7 - BIO/2936/Rev.7
(15 November 1996)
| Boutros Boutros-Ghali at the Vernisage of Chafik Charobim work in Cairo 1978 Seen here congratulating his cousin Marion Chafik Charobim for putting together this huge exhibition of the paintings in memory of the artist. |
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