Fonds AG-028 - Secretary-General Boutros Boutros Ghali (1992-1996)

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AG-028

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Secretary-General Boutros Boutros Ghali (1992-1996)

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  • 1945 - 1997 (Creation)

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Size/Number of Items/Parts: 448 boxes, No. of Boxes: 448

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Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Administrative history

Boutros Boutros-Ghali became the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations on 1 January 1992, when he began a five-year term. Mr. Boutros-Ghali was born in Cairo on 14 November 1922.

Mr. Boutros-Ghali received a Ph.D. in international law from Paris University in 1949. 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.

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 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.

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 also headed Egypt's delegation to the General Assembly sessions in 1979, 1982 and 1990.

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Fonds consists of records of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, relating to his responsibilities as chief administrative officer of the Secretariat and as chief coordinator of the legislative, political, socio-economic, and military bodies of the United Nations. Fonds is arranged in the following record series.

S-1090 Secretary-General Personal
S-1089 Adminsitration and Finance
S-1088 Secretary-General's Activities
S-1087 Press Matters and Public Relations
S-1086 External Relations
S-1085 Issues
S-1084 Intergovernmental Programmes and Initiatives
S-1083 Inter-Agency relations
S-1082 Intra-Organisational Relations
S-1081 UN-wide Policy

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      ag-028.pdf

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      S-0515, 2009/0285-0001, 2009/0284-0003, 2009/0284-0002, 2009/0284-0001

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      S-0515

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