Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield

Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield

Ambassador Linda ThomasGreenfield has been given new responsibilities as US Representative to the United Nations. This is the second most important diplomatic post in the United States after the Secretary of State.

Thomas Greenfield is the 31st person to lead a US mission to the United Nations, created by a congressional law in 1947. It has decades of experience representing US interests in political matters, including peace, humanitarian aid, and human rights in the event of a conflict in the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly.

On February 24, the US Senate approved the nomination of longtime diplomat Thomas Greenfield, and on the same day, US Vice President Harry administered the oath of office to Thomas Greenfield. Thomas Greenfield is a member of President Biden's cabinet. Describing him as an experienced, distinguished, and modern diplomat, Biden said, "I want to hear his views on all foreign policy discussions."

There is no shortage of challenges facing the United Nations: for example, the global coronavirus epidemic, the growing climate emergency, racial injustice, displacement and extreme poverty has increased due to recent economic pressures. ۔ In some parts of the world, dictators are trying to consolidate their power.

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"Our strategy is to do what President Biden said in his inaugural address, that is, to improve our alliance, to work with multilateral institutions again, and to provide guidance, for example." to do so. "

Thomas Greenfield is arriving at the United Nations at a time when the United States is set to take over the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council. They immediately respond to the hunger caused by the conflict. Will be on the agenda of the Security Council.

"When we use these technical terms, food security, severe nutrition, conflict-induced hunger, we must not forget their true meaning," he told Security Council members. In simple words, we are talking about humanity. We are talking about real suffering. We are talking about living human beings. "

Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield

 Who is Thomas Greenfield:

The eldest of eight siblings, Thomas Greenfield's mother was a cook and his father was a day laborer who could not read or write. Her parents raised her in Baker, a small, racially isolated town in Louisiana. Klix Klein Klein had spread terror in this city. The Cloaks Klein Klein was a notorious group with a history of violence against African Americans in particular.

Thomas Greenfield graduated from a high school on racial segregation and attended the University of Louisiana, where he studied with people like David Duke, who later became Klein's leader. She is one of the first African-American women to study at The University of Louisiana.

"Instead of being discouraged, these experiences gave me a different perspective. They introduced me to the power of empathy. I learned that empathy is not a weakness but a strength," he said.

After graduating from college, Thomas Greenfield earned a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and became the first person in his family to receive a master's degree. He joined the Foreign Service in 1982 and began his professional career working on four continents. He served as US Ambassador to Liberia. She has also been stationed in Switzerland, Pakistan, Kenya, Gambia, Nigeria and Jamaica.

In Washington, Thomas Greenfield led the State Department as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the Ebola crisis. Earlier, he oversaw the State Department's 70,000-strong workforce administration. It has fully supported the State Department's efforts for diversity, equality, and inclusion, which it will continue to promote at the United Nations and follow the example of the United States at large.

 

Thomas-Greenfield said she intends to involve local leaders and young people from across the United States in global affairs to work for the United Nations to move beyond New York to The United States. "We will do our utmost to ensure that our work and our support reflect the intentions and views of all Americans," he said.