Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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Sep 27, 2026
Peter LewisHOST
cerebral.
Peter LewisHOST
He ended up being known as Gareth, Gareth Evans, because there was this point in which they were making a bid for him to succeed Boutros Boutros Ghali, the UN General Secretary.
Peter LewisHOST
And I put it to him.
Peter LewisHOST
At the dinner because I had a chat to him and he totally denied that he actually ever went for it.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
And Waldheim, 1995.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Boutros-Ghali simply doesn't invite his own predecessor, Kurt Waldheim, to the UN's 50th anniversary over alleged Nazi-era war crime complicity.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
No announcement.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
No explanation.
ScottHOST
Something I know-
ToddHOST
Butros Butros Ghali.
ScottHOST
Butros-
ToddHOST
Yo, yo, mama
P. L. O. LumumbaGUEST
So if you look at the manner in which the veto power has been used over the years and how in the recent past we have seen very flagrant abuse of instruments and ig- ignoring the decisions of the UN.
P. L. O. LumumbaGUEST
Sometimes when I listen to the secretary-general of the UN or succeeding secretary-generals, whether it was, uh, Perez de Cuellar, whether it was Boutros Boutros-Ghali, whether it was, uh, Kofi Annan, and now Guterres, you sympathize with them because you are quite clear that under the mandate, this is what ought to happen.
P. L. O. LumumbaGUEST
Then you have individuals who are now ruling the roost, if you may.
P. L. O. LumumbaGUEST
You have President Trump of the United States of America coming to the floor of the United States and simply saying the UN is a useless body, not in so many words.
James GillHOST
and Frosty's sat on this phone, and Fry says, look, I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but I couldn't resist, and Fry cups his ear to the door and hears...
James GillHOST
A pleasure, as always, Boutros Boutros.
Tim LewisHOST
I think it's four for four with those stories, my goodness.
James GillHOST
Mate, I collect stories like that, like gemstones.
James GillHOST
He unashamedly loved the celebby lifestyle.
James GillHOST
And if you were to write that as a routine, you could try every celebrity name.
James GillHOST
But you're not going to get better than Boutros Boutros.
James GillHOST
No, I mean, it's the perfect punchline.
Angela KaneGUEST
And this is one of the problems, and that's what I'm coming to, and the same issue was true in Rwanda.
Angela KaneGUEST
Butrus Ghali at that time was Secretary General, and he was of the opinion that you need to tell the member states what is needed.
Angela KaneGUEST
You need to tell the member states what I can do and what I need to do, the mandate that you are giving me from the Security Council.
Angela KaneGUEST
And that was never fulfilled.
Errol HendersonGUEST
And the Egyptians have already said that.
Errol HendersonGUEST
They said this all the way back to Boutros Ghali, that attempts to obstruct the now river flow would lead to war between our states, Egypt and Ethiopia.
Errol HendersonGUEST
Well, this is all going now.
Errol HendersonGUEST
You can look at strategic waterways, the Straits of Malacca.
Dave DavisHOST
Again, the decision-making.
Dave DavisHOST
Even this weekend, I mean, how, how many times have you now seen this stat? I think, uh, Boutros Boutros Ghali can tell you that Dominik Szoboszlai won one out of nine sta- a duel, sorry, this weekend against Fulham.
Dave DavisHOST
Everyone's seen it.
Dave DavisHOST
But there's a pattern there, isn't there? Monaco pre-season, Newcastle, Atlético as well.
Nick ViagasHOST
Sienna and Caroline will be there.
Nick ViagasHOST
Boutros Boutros-Ghali will be there.
Ivy WolkHOST
Yeah.
Nick ViagasHOST
[laughs]
ScottHOST
Yeah.
ScottHOST
Um, but my two favorite are literally back to back, and it's yo yo ma, Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
ScottHOST
I s- I definitely said Boutros Boutros-Ghali a lot when I was that age.
ToddHOST
I say it all the time.
ToddHOST
Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
ScottHOST
Boutros-Ghali.
ScottHOST
Yeah, the yo yo ma I don't say but [laughs]
ToddHOST
Well, it's, it's yo yo ma, Boutros Boutros-Ghali.