H. Con. Res. 335 
Agreed to December 18, 2010
One Hundred Eleventh Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 
Concurrent Resolution 
Whereas Ambassador Richard Holbrooke devoted nearly 50 years 
of his life to public service, working tirelessly to defend United 
States interests abroad and foster peace amongst warring factions 
for the betterment of United States and international stability 
and security; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke was a proud New York native 
who attended Scarsdale High School before continuing his edu-
cation at Brown University in 1962, where he was editor of 
the Brown Daily Herald; 
Whereas one month after graduating from university, Ambassador 
Holbrooke, inspired by President Kennedy’s call to service, 
entered the Foreign Service, where he spent the next 6 years 
focused on Vietnam, including serving with the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Mekong 
Delta, as an assistant to Ambassadors Henry Cabot Lodge and 
Maxwell Taylor, as an author of one volume of the Pentagon 
Papers, and a member of the team led by Averell Harriman 
and future Secretary of State Cyrus Vance at the Paris Peace 
talks in 1968; 
Whereas from 1970 to 1972 Ambassador Holbrooke served as the 
Peace Corps Director in Morocco; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke was the only person to have served 
as Assistant Secretary of State for two regions of the world, 
having served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian 
and Pacific Affairs from 1977 to 1981, during which he was 
a tireless advocate for the expanded admission of tens of thou-
sands of Indochinese refugees to the United States, and as Assist-
ant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs from 
1994 to 1996; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke brokered the 1995 Dayton Accords 
which ended over 3 years of bloody sectarian war that took 
the lives of more than 100,000 Bosnians; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke marshaled many diplomatic and 
military tools and deftly negotiated concessions from all warring 
factions that created the conditions for peace; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke’s relentless pursuit of a negotiated 
solution to ethnic and religious conflict in Bosnia saved tens 
of thousands of innocent lives; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke served as United States Ambas-
sador to Germany from 1993 to 1994, where he helped to found
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the American Academy of Berlin, a center for United States- 
German cultural exchange; 
Whereas from 1999 to 2001, Ambassador Holbrooke served as the 
United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations 
where he was a critical partner in the implementation of Congres-
sionally-led efforts to lower the dues the United States paid 
to the United Nations, to implement certain reforms to the United 
Nations financial system, to settle substantial and longstanding 
United States arrears to the United Nations, to improve manage-
ment within the United Nations, to include Israel in the United 
Nations’ Western European and Others Group, to end Israel’s 
longtime exclusion from regional deliberations, to render more 
effective the United Nations’ efforts to address conflicts and save 
lives in Africa and East Timor, and to raise the profile of public 
health as a matter of global security, including through debate 
and passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1308 
on HIV/AIDS; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke continued to marshal international 
attention and resources to combat the HIV/AIDS crisis by cata-
lyzing the private sector response to the global AIDS pandemic 
through the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis 
and Malaria, which mobilized corporations to address HIV/AIDS, 
garnered CEOs to be an advocacy force in the fight, and served 
as the private sector focal point for the Global Fund on HIV/ 
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke served as a steadfast emissary 
of the United States as the Special Representative for Afghanistan 
and Pakistan, tirelessly advocating for United States interests 
and peace in the region, mobilizing unprecedented international 
support, facilitating economic, transit, trade, and security coopera-
tion between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and working to enhance 
stability, to build prosperity, and to counter extremism and ter-
rorism in the region; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke forged a new civilian-led, multi- 
agency approach seeking to bring stability and development to 
the lives of millions striving for a better future; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke was one of the most talented dip-
lomats for the United States and possessed a fierce determination 
and intelligence in advocating for United States security interests 
around the world, including in Southeast Asia and post-Cold 
War Europe, at the United Nations, and most recently in Afghani-
stan and Pakistan; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke was a prolific writer and communi-
cator, serving as the Managing Editor of Foreign Policy, authoring 
works such as ‘‘To End A War’’, ‘‘Counsel to the President’’, 
one volume of the Pentagon Papers, and a monthly column in 
The Washington Post, and sharing the art of mediation with 
countless audiences; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke lent his expertise toward the 
improvement of management and organization for a host of non-
governmental organizations, serving as a board member of Refu-
gees International, the Council on Foreign Relations, the National 
Endowment for Democracy, the American Museum of Natural
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History, and the Citizens Committee for New York City, as Chair-
man of the Asia Society, as Founding Chairman of the American 
Academy in Berlin, and as a Woodrow Wilson Scholar; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke motivated many Americans to 
enter public service and served as an inspirational leader and 
public servant, mentoring countless United States Department 
of State officers and future ambassadors; 
Whereas from Southeast Asia to post-Cold War Europe and around 
the globe, people have a better chance of a peaceful future because 
of Ambassador Holbrooke’s lifetime of service; 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke was renowned internationally for 
his energy, persistence, sharp intellect, and skills of persuasion; 
and 
Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke leaves behind his beloved wife 
Kati, sons David and Anthony, step-children Elizabeth and Chris, 
daughter-in-law Sarah, four grandchildren, and countless friends 
and colleagues: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concur-
ring), That Congress— 
(1) honors the exceptional achievements of Ambassador 
Richard Holbrooke and recognizes the significant contributions 
he has made to United States national security, humanitarian 
causes, and peaceful resolutions of international conflict; and 
(2) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the House 
transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the family of 
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. 
Attest: 
Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
Attest: 
Secretary of the Senate.