Oneness-Arrival-Shore – 1988 Nov 05, OAS/88-06 publication

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SANDY DAVIDSON: ABOVE AND BEYOND

The 1988 New York City Marathon is just around the comer, and every one of the 20,000 runners probably has an interesting tale to tell about his or her sports career. Few, though, could match that of Alexander (Sandy) Davidson, a Principal Technical Adviser with UNDP.

This determined Scotsman will be undertaking his sixth marathon next week -just three weeks after participating in an “ultra-marathon” of 100 kilometers ( 62.5 miles) – as a member of the Achilles Track Club for disabled athletes.

Davidson was hit with a severe stroke in March of 1982 while stationed at the UNDP office in Tunis. “It was considered life-threatening during the first 24 or 48 hours,” he notes matter-of-factly. “I was out of work for nine months, but from the beginning I was optimistic about making a good recovery” – and once again setting out on agricultural missions to developing countries all over the world.

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Marathon road to recovery
Inner journey

OUR GOLDEN HERITAGE

“We bow before an ideal of life, and an example of profound faith, faith in the dignity but also in the good sense and fundamental decency of men. Without this ideal and this faith, who would seek to follow the course of patient negotiation, of ceaseless effort to conciliate, to mediate, to compose differences, to appeal to men’s reason in order to build agreement? This ideal of public service and this faith in the ultimate triumph of good will are a living reality. They are the foundation upon which the United Nations itself is built.”

– Dag Hammarskjold. 24 July 1953

SPOTLIGHT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

“Human Development: Goals and Strategies for the Year 2000” will be the subject of a presentation and panel discussion co-hosted by UNDP and the North South Roundtable on Monday, 7 November. Themes … read more