U.N - candidate for U.N. Sec.Gen-1991-11-25

A francophone Arab diplomat might not have been every country"s first choice for the leadership of the United Nations, but there is good reason to expect much from the man nominated to be secretary general. Boutros Boutros Ghali, the 69-year-old deputy prime minister of Egypt, is more an accomplished diplomat than a flamboyant politician. But his diplomacy has been forged in one of the world"s trickiest settings, the Middle East.