I wanted to make my 1000th post here at DU meaningful....
It didn't take me any time at all to realize that today offers the opportunity to say something meaningful about a man who has led a life which gives "meaning" a new definition.
The bomb today that ripped apart the U.N. offices in the old Canal Hotel in Baghdad has seriously injured a GIANT on the world stage. Sergio Vieira de Mello is a man who has stood fast for human rights and justice around the world. This is a man who has dedicated his entire adult life to bettering the lives of suffering people. Since beginning his career at the U.N. in 1969 he has served as an ambassador to the world looking for hope where there was, in fact, on too many occasions, no real reason for hope.
My hope today is that Sergio Vieira de Mello will survive the blast today and defy the odds once again.
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/hchr/cv.htm- Jason Berry
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