The U.N. Security Council has announced the death of former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
Venezuela's U.N. Ambassador Rafael Ramirez, the current council president, made the announcement at the start of a meeting on Yemen's humanitarian crisis Tuesday and asked members to rise for a moment of silence.
The 15 council members stood in silent tribute.
Boutros-Ghali, an Egyptian politician and diplomat, was the sixth secretary-general of the United Nations, serving from January 1992 to December 1996.
Despite his serious resume, however, he did make some noteworthy comedic appearances, including that one time with Ali G...