Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali died at the age of 93. Venezuela Permanent Representative to UN Rafael Darío Ramírez  Carreño, who is the UN Security Council President this month, informed the aforementioned at the Security Council meeting today, Gazeta reports citing Reuters.

Details on Boutros Boutros-Ghali's death are not yet known.

A moment of silence was observed in memory of the former Secretary General.