The meeting chairman, Egyptian Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali, says participants are cautiously optimistic that the worst of the global recession may be over.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Secretary General Boutros-Boutros Ghali gave a speech in January of 1996 at Oxford University.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: U.S. narrowly avoids ��globotaxes�� �� this time

In December of 1996 the embattled Secretary General Boutros-Boutros Ghali lost his bid for another term.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: U.S. narrowly avoids "globotaxes" -- this time

In 1992, Egyptian Boutros Boutros Ghali succeeded Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as U.N secretary-general.

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