NEW YORK - US President-elect Joe Biden's pick to be his ambassador to the United Nations in New York will have to tackle Washington's waning leadership at the world body in the face of a more assertive China, diplomats and analysts said on Monday .
"My mother taught me to lead with the power of kindness and compassion to make the world a better place. I've carried that lesson with me throughout my career in Foreign Service - and, if confirmed, will do the same as Ambassador to the United Nations," Ms Thomas-Greenfield tweeted on Monday. Ms Thomas-Greenfield served most recently as the assistant secretary of state for Africa during President Barack Obama's administration, leading US policy toward sub-Saharan Africa during tumultuous events such as the West Africa Ebola outbreak.
More on this topic "That will involve a lot of grinding work to increase trust with non-Western diplomats," he said. Trump's wariness of multilateralism also saw the United States announce plans to quit the World Health Organisation, pull out of the UN Human Rights Council, the UN cultural agency Unesco and a global accord to tackle climate change.
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