Rwanda was considered a second-class operation; because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.

The sketch always ended with the characters announcing "Boutros Boutros-Ghali" in place of "Goodbye". James May on episode 4 of the 19th season of Top Gear used Boutros-Ghali's name to make fun of Hammond's undiplomatic comments against Mexico with an ironical play on their names: "our director of international relations Boutros Boutros-Hammond". Richard Clarke (American counter-terrorism czar) Michael Sheehan and James Rubin participated in what they called "Operation Orient Express".

An academic and former Vice Foreign Minister of Egypt Boutros Boutros-Ghali oversaw the UN at a time when it dealt with several world crises including the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Rwandan Genocide. Boutros Boutros-Ghali (بطرس بطرس غالى Buṭrus Buṭrus Ghālī  Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈbotɾos ˈɣæːli]; born 14 November 1922) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from January 1992 to December 1996.