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Tributes to Richard Holbrooke from the Refugees International Family
Thu, 12/16/2010 - 17:53"As the President’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2009, Richard was trying to bring stability to a region fraught with problems that seemed more insurmountable as time went by. But Richard was not adverse to complex challenges and horrendous hurdles. In 1995, using a combination of sheer will, true grit and negotiating savvy, he brokered the Dayton Peace Accords –- the hallmark of his work as one of our country’s top diplomats."
Richard Holbrooke: The Displaced and Dispossessed Have Lost a Lion
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 09:51
From our early Vietnam connection, I knew Richard Holbrooke in many of his groundbreaking roles.
Richard could be rough on colleagues and friends -- of which I was both -- but at the end of the day, I have worked with no one else who has had the same life-saving impact as Richard.
It is sometimes overlooked, because Richard was the master diplomatic strategist and global historian, but he was also a man of intense compassion who used all his skills to alleviate human suffering. Richard didn't advertise this; his political and negotiating skills dominated his public persona, but he thrived on using all of his experience and wits to help some of the most marginalized people in the world -- refugees, displaced people, victims of AIDS and others on the bottom rungs of the global ladder.
Richard could be rough on colleagues and friends -- of which I was both -- but at the end of the day, I have worked with no one else who has had the same life-saving impact as Richard.
It is sometimes overlooked, because Richard was the master diplomatic strategist and global historian, but he was also a man of intense compassion who used all his skills to alleviate human suffering. Richard didn't advertise this; his political and negotiating skills dominated his public persona, but he thrived on using all of his experience and wits to help some of the most marginalized people in the world -- refugees, displaced people, victims of AIDS and others on the bottom rungs of the global ladder.
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We are an independent organization, and do not accept any government or UN funding.