Governor Bill Richardson and Team Conclude Private Humanitarian Mission to Myanmar

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Governor Bill Richardson and a team from the Richardson Center for Global Engagement have just completed a private humanitarian mission to Myanmar.  “I have been a friend to the people of Myanmar for nearly 30 years,” said Governor Richardson, “and I came here at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Wunna Maung LwinRead the full article »

Ex-US Ambassador to UN Bill Richardson Ends Myanmar Visit

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson has left Myanmar after finishing a private humanitarian mission in which he sought to boost the Southeast Asian country’s efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic and facilitate the delivery of aid. By Associated Press Nov. 4, 2021, at 8:36 p.m. By GRANT PECK, Associated Press BANGKOK (AP)Read the full article »

The Richardson Center Supports Informal Learning and Skills-Building Opportunities in Rohingya Refugee Camps

Monday, January 4, 2021

Besides the ability to return to their homeland in Myanmar in safety and dignity, there are few aspirations that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh want more than to be able to educate their children. Like so many persecuted minorities around the world, Rohingya see learning and skills-building opportunities as a critical component to a more hopefulRead the full article »

Center’s Steve Ross in Asia Times: The world is failing the Rohingya

Monday, August 24, 2020

The brutality that began in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on August 25, 2017, marked a crescendo in a decades-long, state-led campaign of physical and structural violence, discriminatory policies and practices, and dehumanizing hate speech targeting the Rohingya. In just a few weeks, the Tatmadaw, as Myanmar’s military is known, murdered thousands of Rohingya civilians, torched hundreds of villages,Read the full article »

Governor Bill Richardson – Peterson Zah COVID-19 Navajo Families Relief Fund Announces Grant for Intensive Care Doctor in Gallup, New Mexico

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

May 12, 2020, Today, the Governor Richardson – Peterson Zah COVID-19 Navajo Families Relief Fund announced a $10,000 donation to the Western Health Foundation. This donation will be used to contribute to the salary of a new Intensive Care specialty doctor for the Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital (RMCH) in Gallup, New Mexico. RMCH is experiencing an influx of COVID-19Read the full article »

Washington Post: Former U.N. ambassador Bill Richardson nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for work on North Korea

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

By Anne Gearan January 30 Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson was nominated last month by members of Congress. His nomination, which has not been previously reported, is for decades of work on behalf of hostages and prisoners held in several nations. The Norwegian Nobel Committee was asked to consider case histories including the late OttoRead the full article »

One Year Later, Rohingya Still Needs Help and Needs to Be Heard

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

THE HILL OP-ED, BY FORMER GOV. BILL RICHARDSON (D-N.M.), 08/27/18 02:30 PM EDT  In the long history of violence and discrimination directed against the Rohingya —  a Muslim minority group from Myanmar — Aug. 25 is an especially dark date. Over one year ago, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, a Rohingya militant group, launched coordinated attacks onRead the full article »

GQ Magazine: The Untold Story of Otto Warmbier, American Hostage

Monday, July 23, 2018

BY: DOUG BOCK CLARK , GQ Magazine Online (originally published in the August 2018 issue) July 23, 2018 President Trump hailed him as a catalyst of the summit with Kim Jong-Un. But what happened to Warmbier—the American college student who was sent home brain-damaged from North Korea—is even more shocking than anyone knew. 1. Homecoming On a humid morningRead the full article »