CONTENTS Introduction Arie Bloed, Walter In the name of security and human rights 155 Kemp and Rob Zaagman Foreword Uri Rosenthal Max van der Stoel – a tribute 157 Articles Her Majesty Queen Address given by Her Majesty the Queen on the 159 Beatrix of the occasion of the conferral of a Knighthood in the Netherlands Order of the Golden Lion of Nassau on Mr Max van der Stoel in The Hague on 31 August 1999 Peter Kooijmans Public welfare was his personal mission 161 Wim Kok Max van der Stoel: A life in the service of mankind 165 Hans van den Broek The first High Commissioner 169 Benjamin L. Cardin Congressional Record 112th Congres (2011-2012), 171 remembering Max van der Stoel Harm J. Hazewinkel From Prague in 1977 to the Conference on the 173 Human Dimension, 1989-1991; Max van der Stoel and the CSCE. Herman Schaper Max van der Stoel: some personal recollections 177 Pieter van Dijk Four legs of a giant 181 Peter Leuprecht Max van der Stoel – tireless defender of Greek 183 democracy Edward Mortimer The legacy of Max van der Stoel 187 Alan Philips Civil Society support for the proposal to establish 191 the Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities Wilco de Jonge Max van der Stoel as chairman of the Netherlands 197 Helsinki Committee: Some memories John Kornblum Defending human justice 201 Danilo Türk Max van der Stoel: A diplomat at the time of change 205 Anders Bjurner Principles and politics of prevention 209 Wilhelm Höynck Institution building 213 Rob Zaagman Early days with the High Commissioner 219 Anders Rönquist Wisdom, values and concerted action 223 Patrick Thornberry On a mission with Van der Stoel 227 Vojin Dimitrijević Max van der Stoel – a paradigm 231 Hans-Peter Furrer A model of cooperation 233 Gudmundur Alfredsson Excerpts from a diary 237 Max van der Stoel Report of Max van der Stoel, the OSCE High 239 Commissioner on National Minorities Warsaw, 2 October 1995 John Packer ‘Music and lyrics’ – dancing to his own tune 247 Aleksei Semjonov The teacher Max van der Stoel 253 Nils Muiznieks Max van der Stoel and Latvia 257 Falk Lange Public enemy number one 261 Marcin Czapliński The university 265 Volodymyr Kulyk Quiet de-escalation: Van der Stoel in Ukraine 271 Anara Tabyshalieva ‘Expect the unexpected’: Max van der Stoel 279 Addressing interethnic problems in the Kyrgyz Republic Walter Kemp Strictly confidential 285 Arie Bloed A champion of diplomacy and human rights 289 Asbjørn Eide Cooperation with and learning from Max van der 295 Stoel Max van der Stoel Early Warning and Early Action: 299 Preventing Inter-Ethnic Conflict Wolfgang Zellner Max van der Stoel – leveraging academic expertise 307 for conflict prevention Kai Eide Special Meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, 22 311 June 2001, in honour of the High Commissioner on National Minorities, H.E. Mr. Max van der Stoel Walter Kemp Talking to a sphinx: An interview with Max van der 315 Stoel Willem van Genugten Professor Max van der Stoel 325 & Rianne Letschert Knut Vollebaek The flame of the world’s most prominent fire-fighter 329 is still burning .