Javier Perez de Cuellar, a Peruvian diplomat and UN secretary general between 1982 and 1991, died on Wednesday March 4 in Lima at the age of 100, his son said. "My dad died after a complicated week, he died at 8:09 a.m. (2 h 09 in France) and rest in peace ", Francisco Perez de Cuellar told Peruvian radio RPP.
The remains of the former diplomat will receive honors Friday at the Torre-Tagle Palace, headquarters of the Peruvian foreign ministry, before being buried in the Presbitero Maestro cemetery in Lima, the source said.
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Born in Lima in 1920, Javier Perez de Cuellar was the fifth secretary-general of the United Nations, who greeted him when he celebrated his 100e birthday, January 19. "It is with great pride and joy that I send him my best wishes on the occasion of his 100e anniversary. I often thought about his example and his experience to inspire and guide me ", wrote the current secretary general of the UN, Antonio Guterres, in a message on his Twitter account. "His life spans not only a century, but also the whole history of the United Nations", added the Portuguese.
It is with pride & joy that I wish to form A Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar a very happy 100th birthday.… Https://t.co/9Lv4tjp527
In Peru, Javier Perez de Cuellar was simultaneously President of the Council of Ministers and Minister for Foreign Affairs during the transitional government of Valentin Paniagua, from November 22, 2000 to July 28, 2001.
