Haiti in the Spotlight | Race for President of the General Assembly | Olympic Hopes

Linda Thomas Greenfield meets members of the Kenyan-lead Multinational Support Mission, Credit:USUN, Via Twitter.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield visited Port-au-Prince this week in a show of support for UN-backed efforts to bring a modicum of stability to Haiti. Her visit comes on the heels of the deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti and a recent vote in the Security Council to back the UN’s office in the country.

In our second segment, we discuss the kickoff of the race for the 80th President of the General Assembly, who will take office next year and profoundly shape the process of selecting the next UN Secretary-General. We also discuss the concept of an “Olympic Truce” embraced by the United Nations and the UN-backed effort to establish a Refugee Olympic Team.

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