Today we honor the memory of the 5th UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.

Today we honor the memory of the 5^th UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.

An outstanding Peruvian statesman and diplomat who during his two tenures as the UN Secretariat Chief played an important role in a number of success stories – including the peace agreements in Cambodia and El Salvador, an end to the war between Iran and Iraq, the release of American hostages in Lebanon, the independence of Namibia, the withdrawal of the USSR troops from Afghanistan.

In 1991 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar witnessed the flag of Ukraine as an independent state flying over the UN Headquarters.