Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett could become the first United Nations Secretary-General of Indigenous descent. Guyana’s ambassador to the United Nations was nominated as a Secretary-General candidate this week, bringing the grand total of candidates to six as we enter the final stretch of the campaign before the first Security Council straw polls.
Anjali knows Rodrigues-Birkett! They had lunch together not long ago, and she explains what Guyana’s UN ambassador brings to this race. We also discuss what we learned from the three-hour General Assembly forum with another candidate, Maria Espinosa. (We watch these marathon forums so you don’t have to!)
Finally, we discuss Antonio Guterres’ visit this week to Haiti, and what it suggests about international efforts to support security and stability as Haiti seeks to emerge from crisis.
All those segments are for our paying subscribers only. But up first: we discuss the UN’s role in the Iran ceasefire and what this moment means for the UN’s ability t…
