In the two terms he served as United Nations secretary general , from 1982 through 1991, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar helped end a 10-year war between Iran and Iraq; secured the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan; wound down conflicts in Cambodia, El Salvador and Nicaragua, and shepherded Namibia to independence from South Africa. His United Nations … Continue reading Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian diplomat who led the United Nations, dies at 100