UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Russia, human rights, & the Security Council presidency

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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Politics, News, Foreign Policy, News Commentary, Government, Geopolitics, International Relations, Ian Bremmer, Trump, Global Economy, Gzero World

4.7 • 830 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

On August 1, the United States will take over the presidency of the United Nations security council. The GZERO World Podcast heads to the Security Council chamber at the UN headquarters in New York City for a special conversation with US UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. The US has a few major agenda items they hope to tackle during the month of August, including global food security, human rights issues, and calling out Russia for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Thomas-Greenfield also hopes to use the session to address issues getting less attention in the media, like the Sudan war and security situation in Haiti. But how effective can the Security Council be at dealing with the world’s most urgent crises when two US geopolitical adversaries, Russia and China, are permanent, veto-wielding members? Should Russia be removed from the council? And how difficult is it for the US to champion human rights around the world when the political environment at home is so divisive? Ian Bremmer sits down with Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield in a wide-ranging conversation about diplomacy, security, and the future of the United Nations. Host: Ian Bremmer Guest: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield

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0:00.0	Russia does not care about humankind.
0:03.0	They don't care about whether people around the world have enough food to eat.
0:09.0	They're withdrawing from the grain deal sends a chilling message to everyone around the world.
0:18.0	Hello and welcome to the GZero World podcast.
0:23.5	This is where you'll find extended versions of my interviews on public television.
0:27.8	I'm Ian Bremmer, and today we are at the United Nations looking at the role diplomacy can
0:33.3	play in solving the world's most urgent crises.
0:37.4	In August, the U.S. takes over the presidency of the U's most urgent crises.
0:43.7	In August, the U.S. takes over the presidency of the UN Security Council, and America has a lot of priorities for the session, including food security, human rights, and the ongoing invasion
0:48.6	of Ukraine.
0:50.2	With Russia and China, both permanent veto-wielding members of the Council, how much can it really get done?
0:57.0	Is diplomacy broken? Can nations put aside their differences in competing interests to tackle any of the most pressing international security challenges?
1:06.0	And what does the United States hope to accomplish during its time at the helm of the Council?
1:11.5	I'm talking about all this and more and a special conversation from inside the chambers of the
1:16.6	Security Council at the UN headquarters with America's ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas Greenfield.
1:23.6	Let's get to it.
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1:50.5	prologist.com. Linda, Thomas Greenfield, so wonderful to have you here.
2:01.4	I'm delighted to be here. This is my everyday workplace.
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