Former UN chief Javier Perez de Cullar dies

Former UN chief Javier Perez de Cullar, who helped mediate the ceasefire in the Iran-Irak war, has died in Peru at the age of 100, his son said on March 5th.

Perez de Cullar served as secretary - general of the United Nations from 1981 to 1991. He led the UN during the period when the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq took place, as well as civil war in El Salvador.

He was president of the UN Security Council from 1973 to 1974 and was a permanent UN representative in Cyprus from 1975 to 1977.