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On Climate Change, UN Secretary-General António Guterres Swipes at the US

Dulcie Leimbach
• May 30, 2017

“Allow me to be blunt,” António Guterres, the United Nations secretary-general, told his audience to an uneasy laugh. “Our world is in a mess.” Although Guterres could have been speaking to any audience anywhere, he was addressing a crowd gathered …

Categories: Climate Change, Geopolitics, Secretary-General, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

At the UN Oceans Forum in June, Will the US Play a Bit Part?

Lori Silberman Brauner
• May 17, 2017

In just a few weeks, the United Nations is convening a world gathering to discuss the health of the world’s oceans and seas, with member states, government and nongovernmental organizations, corporations and members of the scientific community and academia signed …

Categories: Climate Change, SDGs, US-UN Relations

GEOPOLITICS

Who Is Paolo Zampolli, a Trump Friend, and What’s He Up To at the UN?

Dulcie Leimbach
• May 5, 2017

Who is Paolo Zampolli and what does he want from the United Nations? A friend of Donald Trump’s for decades, Zampolli is an ambassador of Dominica to the UN. He has a busy Twitter page, Facebook page and Instagram account, where …