President Trump is likely to be the only world leader speaking live from New York at this year’s United Nations General Assembly debate, scheduled to take place Sept. 22 to 25
Nevertheless, the U.N. depends on American money to continue many of its operations: The U.S. provides 22 percent of the body’s regular funding, annually. Trump recently made waves by formally beginning U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization, the U.N. health agency, criticizing its Covid-19 response and labeling it a mouthpiece for China. The U.S.
U.N. General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres have been “extremely careful at mitigating this virus within the U.N. system,” Craft said. Craft has been taking her diplomacy beyond the confines of the U.N. Security Council — the highest level U.N. decision-making body at which the U.S. has a permanent seat — during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Since we have been sheltering in place, I used that time to start calling 185 of the ambassadors, just to check on people,” Craft said. Craft’s advisers had originally wanted her to conduct her diplomacy speed-dating tour during the first weeks of her tenure in mid-2019.
Craft said ambassadors from smaller countries were “shocked” to receive her call, but said they were “very responsive,” helping to create “a special bond” that the U.S. would find useful in its efforts to reform the U.N.
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