What Washington Wants From the U.N. This Week

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🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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The United Nations today is often criticized for being ineffective, even paralyzed, a far cry from what Winston Churchill once referred to as the “only hope of the world.” Is that true? Can it still serve as an effective tool for solving today’s global challenges? Linda Thomas-Greenfield is the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She joins Ravi Agrawal ahead of the United Nations General Assembly this week to discuss the Biden administration's priorities. Suggested reading: Amy Mackinnon, Robbie Gramer, and Avian Muñoz: What to Expect When You’re Expecting the U.N. General Assembly Mark Malloch-Brown: The United Nations is Convening—and Sputtering Gordon Brown: A New Multilateralism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.5	This is FP Live.
1:10.8	Welcome to the show.
1:12.2	We're dropping an extra episode a few days early in this feed,
1:16.3	and that's because this is what is known as the High Level Week at the United Nations General Assembly.
1:23.4	Every September, world leaders descend on New York to meet at the UN.
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