Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Capsule Review
Jul/Aug
1997
Essay
Mar/Apr
1996
The United Nations has stepped forward to meet the challenges of a world simultaneously fragmenting and going global. The world body has led the way in defining human rights, assisting states as they grope toward democracy and the market, calling attention to ignored conflicts, and cooperating with nongovernmental organizations. But it cannot fulfill its destiny unless its members provide it with the funds and resources it needs. A strong and independent secretary-general is the key to the U.N.'s future.
Comment
Sep/Oct
1994
Land mines, the deadly remnants of so many civil wars, kill and maim thousands of innocent civilians throughout the world each year. Only a concerted international effort will end this purposeless bloodshed.
Essay
Winter
1992
Seeing an historical opportunity to strengthen the United Nations, the Secretary General calls for a number of changes in the world body. These include a special fund for quick start-ups of peacekeeping operations and standby arrangements for specially trained troops and the relevant equipment for peacekeeping.
Essay
Spring
1982
Egypt, for several centuries, has been performing an important function of cultural and political synthesis between Islam and Christianity, the Arab world and Europe, Africa and Asia, and the civilization of the desert and that of the Mediterranean. This reality, together with the perennial character of the citizens of the oldest state in the area, acquired through the ages, constitutes an important factor that conditions the attitudes and behavior of Egypt toward the rest of the world.
