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The Canadian and locally-engaged staff at the Canadian High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya, won a Public Service Award for their highly professional response, under extremely stressful conditions, in the aftermath of the terrorist bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi. High Commission personnel worked tirelessly to assist international partners who were dealing with the psychological and ongoing physical threats, helped local authorities and provided nursing assistance during the crisis.
H.G. Pardy, Director General of Consular Affairs, was given the Public Service Award for his leadership, vision and commitment in his service to Canadians living and traveling abroad. Under his direction, the Consular Affairs Bureau became a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week response center for service to Canadians around the world.
Newly appointed to the Order H.G. I of Canada, Geoffrey Murray had a distinguished career as a federal public servant. In the 1950s, he worked alongside then-future prime minister Lester B. Pearson at the United Nations to help create the first international peacekeeping force. Later, he drafted policies that would have a lasting impact on Canada’s approach to foreign affairs and on government negotiations with Canada’s indigenous peoples.
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