Ex-U.N. chief Pérez de Cuéllar dies at 100

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the fifth U.N. chief from 1982 to 1991, who arranged an Iraq-Iran cease-fire and aided democracy in his native Peru, died at age 100.

By Arete News - March 5, 2020

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the fifth U.N. secretary-general from 1982 through 1991 (AN/United Nations)

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