{"id":45116,"date":"2020-03-05T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/central-africa\/central-african-republic\/statement-by-the-secretary-general-on-the-death-of-javier-perez-de-cuellar\/"},"modified":"2020-03-05T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T08:00:23","slug":"statement-by-the-secretary-general-on-the-death-of-javier-perez-de-cuellar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/central-africa\/central-african-republic\/statement-by-the-secretary-general-on-the-death-of-javier-perez-de-cuellar\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by the Secretary-General on the death of Javier P\u00e9rez de Cu\u00e9llar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

I am profoundly saddened at the passing of my predecessor, Javier P\u00e9rez de Cu\u00e9llar.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He was an accomplished statesman, a committed diplomat and a personal inspiration who left a profound impact on the United Nations and our world.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Mr. P\u00e9rez de Cu\u00e9llar\u2019s life spanned not only a century but also the entire history of the United Nations, dating back to his participation in the first meeting of the General Assembly in 1946.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

His tenure as Secretary-General coincided with two distinct eras in international affairs: first, some of the iciest years of the Cold War, and then, with the ideological confrontation at an end, a time when the United Nations began to play more fully the role envisaged by the founders.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Mr. P\u00e9rez de Cu\u00e9llar played a crucial role in a number of diplomatic successes \u2014 including the independence of Namibia, an end to the Iran-Iraq War, the release of American hostages held in Lebanon, the peace accord in Cambodia and, in his very last days in office, a historic peace agreement in El Salvador.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

I extend my deepest condolences to Mr. P\u00e9rez de Cu\u00e9llar\u2019s family, the Peruvian people and so many others around the world whose lives were touched by a remarkable and compassionate global leader who left our world a far better place.<\/p>\n

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