Former UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies

Former UN secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt has died at the age of 93, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

A 1996 file photo of then UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

Boutros-Ghali was the UN's sixth secretary general, serving a single term between 1992 and 1996.
Rafael Carreno, Venezuelan ambassador to the UN, announced his death to the UN Security Council without giving any details.

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