At Special GRIPS Forum on April 18, 2024, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, gave a speech titled “Investing in Multilateralism in an Era of Strategic Competition”.

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You can watch the speech here.

概要：

Over the past three years, the Biden Administration has re-engaged at the United Nations and other multilateral forums. In an era defined by strategic competition, we are leading from a position of strength and advancing our vision for a more free, open, secure, and prosperous world.

In this work, we have strong partners in Japan and the Republic of South Korea. With all three countries on the UN Security Council this year – for the first time since 1997 – Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield will highlight the ways we are working together to tackle pressing global challenges, including the DPRK and disarmament, Women, Peace, and Security, the climate crisis, and emerging technologies.

Speaker：Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
              Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations               Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council
              of the United Nations
              Member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet

Speaker’s Profile:

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield has been serving as the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations as well as the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations since January 2021. In this role, she also is a member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet.

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield, a career diplomat, returned to public service after retiring from a 35-year career with the U.S. Foreign Service in 2017. From 2013 to 2017 she served as the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, where she led the bureau focused on the development and management of U.S. policy toward sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to this appointment, she served as Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources (2012-2013), leading a team in charge of the State Department's 70,000-strong workforce.

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield's distinguished Foreign Service career includes an ambassadorship to Liberia (2008-2012), and postings in Switzerland (at the United States Mission to the United Nations, Geneva), Pakistan, Kenya, The Gambia, Nigeria, and Jamaica. In Washington, she served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of African Affairs (2006-2008), and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (2004-2006).

What is GRIPS Forum?

Since its establishment in 1997, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) has promoted research and education on a wide variety of policy issues. The GRIPS Forum invites specialists from national and local governments as well as academic and business communities to promote policy studies and expand policy networks.