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Fred Eckhard was editor of The InterDependent from its founding in 1973 until he joined the UN in 1985. He was Secretary-General Kofi Annan's spokesman from 1997 until his retirement in 2005. He also served as a UN spokesman in Namibia (1989-90) and in Sarajevo, Bosnia (1992, and again briefly in 1995) and was spokesman for the peace talks on the former Yugoslavia co-sponsored by the UN and the European Community (1992-93). Eckhard and his wife, Kathryn, live in Brittany, France.

Strolling the Other Side of Heaven in Asia

By Fred Eckhard | Jan 26, 2011

Suzhou, CHINA -- “In heaven there is paradise, on earth there are Suzhou and Hangzhou.” Everyone in China knows this saying — at least everyone in southeast China. Hangzhou, where I’ve taught a term a year for the past five years, has the scenic West Lake, 10 miles around, exquisitely landscaped all along the perimeter.

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A Hard Way to Make a Buck To Benefit Burkina Faso Girls

By Fred Eckhard | Jul 19, 2010

Saint-Quay-Portrieux, FRANCE—When I first visited Burkina Faso as a retiree, in 2009, I was blown away by the bronze statues made there. I bought one called “The Water Carrier,” a man carrying two water jugs suspended from a bar across his shoulders and wearing the conical cap of the Peul tribe in the north of the country. I loved it.

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