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
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
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
We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide. Boutros Boutros-Ghali genocidemacheterealize Change image and share on social
So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa. Boutros Boutros-Ghali africahappymention 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
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 africaafricanago Change image and share on social
