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Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar de la Guerra KCMG is a Peruvian politician and diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1991. He ran unsuccessfully against Alberto Fujimori for President of Peru in 1995 and following Fujimori's resignation over corruption charges, he was Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from November 2000 until July 2001. In September 2004, he stepped down from his position as Peru's Ambassador to France, where he formerly resided. He is also a member of the Club de Madrid, a group of more than 100 former Presidents and Prime Ministers of democratic countries, which works to strengthen democracy worldwide. At the age of 100 years, 22 days, Pérez de Cuéllar is currently both the oldest living former Peruvian prime minister and Secretary General of the United Nations. Wikipedia  

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“Some 500,000 scientists all over the world are devoting their knowledge to the search for weaponry more sophisticated and more deadly.”

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

Stated reinforcing his warning to the United Nations. Cited in the article: Apocalypse—What Is It?, The Watchtower magazine, 2/15, 1986.

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“It is ironic that the accumulation of arms is one of the few expanding industries in a period of economic depression and gloom.”

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

UN Secretary-General, as quoted in Watching the World, Awake! magazine (22 October 1982).

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