It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody.

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.