Mr de Cuellar talks with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during a meeting in 1991. AFP
UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar announces a ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq war during a special session of the UN Security Council at the UN's headquarters in New York, US, in 1988. AFP
Mr de Cuellar waves to cheering supporters outside a local polling station shortly after voting in the Peruvian General elections in Lima in 1995. AFP
Mr de Cuellar greets supporters in Sicuani, after giving a public speech during a campaign rally in the Andes, Peru, in 1995. Reuters
Mr de Cuellar at a news conference in 1998 announcing that Iran had unconditionally agreed to a ceasefire in the almost-eight-year Iran-Iraq war. AFP
Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Abdul Wakil signs the Geneva Accords of agreement on the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan in 1988 in Geneva. Mr de Cuellar, right, looks on. AFP
Mr de Cuellar with his predecessor Kurt Waldheim in New York, US, in 1981. AFP
PLO leader Yasser Arafat meets with Mr de Cuellar in Geneva, Switzerland, on the second day of a meeting at the UN's Palace of Nations in 1988. AFP
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with Mr de Cuellar at 10 Downing Street, London, in 1986. Getty Images
Mr de Cuellar releases a white dove in 1992 during a ceremony in Lima, Peru. AFP
Mr de Cuella is accompanied by Iraqi Foreign Minister Tareq Aziz upon his arrival in the country in 1991. AFP
French President François Mitterrand receives Mr de Cuellar at the Palais de l'Elysée in Paris. AFP
Mr de Cuellar poses with Cesar Gaviria, former Colombian President and current Secretary General of the Organisation of American States in 1995. AFP
Mr de Cuellar receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President George Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush during a ceremony at the White House in 1991. AFP
Mr de Cuellar talks with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during a meeting in 1991. AFP
UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar announces a ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq war during a special session of the UN Security Council at the UN's headquarters in New York, US, in 1988. AFP
Mr de Cuellar waves to cheering supporters outside a local polling station shortly after voting in the Peruvian General elections in Lima in 1995. AFP
Mr de Cuellar greets supporters in Sicuani, after giving a public speech during a campaign rally in the Andes, Peru, in 1995. Reuters
Mr de Cuellar at a news conference in 1998 announcing that Iran had unconditionally agreed to a ceasefire in the almost-eight-year Iran-Iraq war. AFP
Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Abdul Wakil signs the Geneva Accords of agreement on the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan in 1988 in Geneva. Mr de Cuellar, right, looks on. AFP
Mr de Cuellar with his predecessor Kurt Waldheim in New York, US, in 1981. AFP
PLO leader Yasser Arafat meets with Mr de Cuellar in Geneva, Switzerland, on the second day of a meeting at the UN's Palace of Nations in 1988. AFP
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with Mr de Cuellar at 10 Downing Street, London, in 1986. Getty Images
Mr de Cuellar releases a white dove in 1992 during a ceremony in Lima, Peru. AFP
Mr de Cuella is accompanied by Iraqi Foreign Minister Tareq Aziz upon his arrival in the country in 1991. AFP
French President François Mitterrand receives Mr de Cuellar at the Palais de l'Elysée in Paris. AFP
Mr de Cuellar poses with Cesar Gaviria, former Colombian President and current Secretary General of the Organisation of American States in 1995. AFP
Mr de Cuellar receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President George Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush during a ceremony at the White House in 1991. AFP
Mr de Cuellar talks with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during a meeting in 1991. AFP
