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M. Mac Culloch explique son horaire très chargé à Sarajevo et donne un exemple d’une entente qui a permis de réduire la mortalité dans la ville.
Wayne Mac Culloch
Wayne Mac Culloch was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, in 1953 and grew up in Quebec. He began his studies at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, at the age of 18 and would serve as a military engineer in the Canadian Armed Forces for more than 40 years. During his long and varied career, Mr. Mac Culloch served across Canada and took part in three overseas deployments to the Balkans and one to Haiti before being medically discharged with the rank of major. Still having a passion to serve, he went on to work as a civilian employee with the Department of National Defence. Since 2004, Mr. Mac Culloch has volunteered his time and talents to help deliver the “Peace Module” during the Historica Encounters with Canada program in Ottawa. Week after week, he has engaged with youth from coast to coast and educated them about the sacrifices and achievements of Canadians who have served in uniform over the years.
Transcript
Au début, je n’avais pas beaucoup de temps à penser è autre chose que mon poste, parce que je me levais à 5h27 le matin, parce qu’ils ouvraient les douches à 5h30. J’étais au bureau avant 5h50 le matin et j’étais chanceux d’y partir avant 2h30 le lendemain matin. J’étais toujours occupé avec les crises, soit des violations de cessez-le-feu ou même obtenir des cessez-le-feu entre les parties. Notamment, on a eu un « agreement » le 21 et le 28 août 1994, qui réduisait le nombre de morts à Sarajevo de 3 à 5 par semaine. C’était pas impressionnant pour la presse, et ils étaient moins impressionnés quand j’ai souligné que c’était moins de personnel mort par semaine qu’à Washington ou à Detroit.