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U.S. Special Envoy for Best Future Generations Charles J. Harder to Visit Bangladesh
Charles Harder the US Special Envoy for Best Future Generations.
DHAKA APRIL 17, 2026: U.S. Special Envoy for Best Future Generations Charles J. Harder will arrive in Dhaka on April 18 for a three-day visit to advance U.S.-Bangladesh strategic cooperation on education and the well-being of children.
The mission of Special Envoy Harder’s office is to protect and promote the interests and well-being of children (0-17) throughout the world.
Special Envoy Harder will meet with senior government officials and stakeholders to expand partnerships that support Bangladesh's next generation.
The focus of his office Charles Harder is the protection and well-being of children throughout the world, with particular focus on food security, education, healthcare, WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), and ending child labor, trafficking, and recruitment into gangs and armed conflict. Special Envoy Harder meets with senior government officials both domestically and internationally on these issues, as well as senior members of foundations, corporations, non-profit organizations, faith-based organizations and international governmental organizations, to find creative and common-sense solutions to these issues for children, their families and their communities.
Special Envoy Harder is an attorney of 25+ years at Harder Stonerock LLP, based in Los Angeles and Washington DC, and licensed to practice in California, Washington DC and New York. He specializes in business, media and Constitutional law and litigation, and his clients have included Fortune 500 companies, A-list film and television actors and producers, high net worth individuals, U.S. Senators, and the President and First Lady of the United States. Editor and Co-Author of Entertainment Law & Litigation (2011-2025), a law treatise. Awards: California Lawyer of the Year, Media (CLAY Award) 2017, California Lawyer magazine; Top 100 Lawyers in California, Daily Journal newspaper; Top 100 “Power Lawyers” in America, The Hollywood Reporter; Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters; Best Lawyers in America, U.S. News & World Report; Legal Impact honoree, Variety; IP Star, Euromoney’s Legal Media Group. B.A. with College Honors, University of California; J.D., Dean’s Honor List, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. – US Embassy press release