Boutros Boutros-Ghali ( ; , '' '' , ; 14 November 1922 – 16 February 2016 ) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations ( UN ) from January 1992 to December 1996 . An academic and former Vice Foreign Minister of Egypt , Boutros-Ghali oversaw the UN at a time when it dealt with several world crises , including the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Rwandan genocide . He was then the first Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie from 16 November 1997 to 31 December 2002
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Boutros Boutros-Ghali