Quotes from Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Rwanda was considered a second-class operation; because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.

The best way to deal with bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence.

So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa.

The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today.

The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council.