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...believe we're all passengers on the planet," Galbraith says from his temporary home in Norway. "What happened in Bosnia and Croatia does affect us all. The U.S. acted out of concern for our fellow human beings and because it's the right thing...
More importantly, however, this scene and other aspects of life amid the destruction of war only renewed Galbraith's commitment to hope and respect for human life on all sides...
Lisa L. Tepper, Croatia country director for the State Department, praises Galbraith's commitment to the mission. "He has an extraordinary degree of personal dedication and sense of human rights and democracy that translated into inspiration for the whole mission...
...Galbraith was the only person on both sides to participate in all three peace agreements: the Washington Accord, signed on February 28, 1994, to create a cease-fire between the Croats and the Muslims in Bosnia; the Erdut Accord, signed on November 12, 1995, aimed to end the war in Croatia, and the Dayton Accord, signed on November 21, 1995 to end the war in Bosnia...
...Galbraith played a lead role in negotiating the Washington Accord, wrote the Erdut Accord and supported Richard Holbrooke in brokering the Dayton Accord...