What Washington Wants From the United Nations This Week
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on reforming the world’s biggest multilateral organization.
Every September, world leaders descend on New York for the United Nations General Assembly. This year, while President Joe Biden will lead the U.S. delegation, the leaders of China, France, India, and Russia have chosen to give the summit a pass. Russia will be represented by its foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov.
Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy. Twitter: @RaviReports
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