Dr. Walt Landry

Executive Director of the Think-Tank for National Self-Determination, visited Sindh, Pakistan to take part in the "International Human Rights and Sindhiyat Conference", held December 10-11 in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.  According to a report published in the December 12th edition of Dawn, Dr. Landry "spoke of monarchies until 1750 and the concept of right of self-determination which was recognized in the UN Charter in 1946". In Sindh, he visited the Mazar of Sindh's greatest poet Shah Abdul Latif and other small towns. He also met leaders of the Pakistan Labor Party in Lahore, and attended a conference of Punjabi Sikhs in Amritsar.  Landry will discuss his experiences during his visit. 

Landry is a native of the State of Louisiana. After serving overseas in the Marines, he began law school and worked as a Staff Assistant to a U.S. Senator on the Foreign Relations Committee. After earning his law degree, Landry joined the U. S. Foreign Service, and served in Latin America, Europe and the U.S. Mission to the OAS.  He also began working on his Masters Degree in International Relations and a Doctorate in Political Science at American University in Washington. His most significant contribution during this time was his drafting of the U.S. Position Paper for negotiating the American Convention on Human Rights and his participation in the negotiation of the Convention at San Jose, Costa Rica as a Member of the U. S. Delegation. In 1990, he moved to the Metropolitan Washington, D C. area and soon thereafter organized the Think-tank for National Self-Determination, a non-profit international NGO. He has served as its Executive Director ever since.

Sindhis of Sindh, in southeastern Pakistan.