Ralph J. Bunche was truly concerned with mankind, no matter what its location on the earth, its nationality or color. He did not forget his domestic racial difficulties or his unhappy experiences with them (how could he?), but he sensed early and knew later that war and hunger and hatred were the enemies of man. ... His practiced skills, his wondrous talents, his dedications and his hatred of the waste of war—whether between nations or races—were at the disposal of those who sought peace.160