Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, UN chief who brokered Iran-Iraq peace, dies aged 100 - My News TV

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, UN chief who brokered Iran-Iraq peace, dies aged 100

The Peruvian diplomat scored successes in Cambodia and Afghanistan, but he failed to stop the Falklands war in 1982

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic ceasefire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 but failed to stop the Falklands war, has died aged 100.

His son, Francisco Pérez de Cuéllar, said his father died at home of natural causes. The current UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, called the Peruvian diplomat a personal inspiration.

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