Celebrating the Life of Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Celebrating the Life of Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Portrait of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali in his office, 1996. (UN Photo/Evan Schneider)

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library joins the UN community in mourning the loss of former Secretary-General Boutros
Boutros-Ghali, who passed away 16 February 2016 at the age of 93. Mr.
Boutros-Ghali was the United Nations’ sixth Secretary-General, and the first
from Africa. He served from 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1996.

Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali visiting with young residents of UN-supported orphanage in Somalia, 1993 ( UN Photo/Fabrice Ribère)

Research Guides

• Find the General Assembly resolution, meeting record as well as the inauguration speech

  for the appointment of Boutros Boutros-Ghali in UN Documentation : Secretariat

Library Print Collection

For the collected works of other past Secretaries-General please see our FAQ on the Public Papers of the Secretaries-General of the United Nations

Secretary-General meets with Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1995 (UN Photo/Milton Grant)/Boutros-Ghali shaking hands with Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC), 1993. (UN Photo/John Isaac)   

Work as the Secretary-General

View some of the milestones in the work of Boutros Boutros-Ghali in this multimedia experience created for the UN’s 70th anniversary. Then learn more by reading the Library’s related 70 Years, 70 Documents blog for 1992.

The former Secretary-General’s work can also be seen through the photographs of the United Nations. An online gallery, highlighting his work, has been created in his honour. 

UN Secretary-General’s First Working Day, 2 January 1992. (UN Photo/John Isaac)/UN Secretary-General Bids Farewell to Staff on his last official day as Secretary-General.31 December 1996. (UN Photo/Evan Schneider)