Pérez de Cuéllar
Americannoun
noun
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Pérez de Cuéllar brought him to U.N. headquarters in New York in 1981.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
In his book, Picco describes how a longtime relationship with Pérez de Cuéllar took him to Afghanistan when his mentor got the “thankless Afghan brief” after the Dec. 26, 1979, Soviet invasion.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988, died at the age of 100.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
From the outset, Pérez de Cuéllar had insisted that he would be a one-term secretary-general but he was persuaded by support from western countries to stay on.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2020
"There are few statesmen who have had such influence on international affairs and social change," said United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar at a memorial service at Stockholm's city hall.
From Time Magazine Archive
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