Fwd: World News Alert: Famines, a refugee crisis and a skeptical Trump administration: The new U.N. secretary-general on what may be the world’s hardest job

[Elisabeth Janaina]

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>> From: The Washington Post <em...@e.washingtonpost.com>
>> Date: 11 March 2017 at 03:55:07 EAT
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>> Subject: World News Alert: Famines, a refugee crisis and a skeptical Trump administration: The new U.N. secretary-general on what may be the world’s hardest job
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>> In a wide-ranging interview with The Washington Post, Secretary-General António Guterres described the United Nations’ dilemmas at one of the most challenging moments in its history, one in which it faces a huge gap between humanitarian needs and U.N. funds, as well as a Trump administration that may slash aid. He has to tread a fine line between speaking against U.S. policies that he sees as inhumane and not alienating a critical source of funding. Above all, the former Portuguese prime minister feels “an enormous sense of duty” to ease the globe’s suffering.
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>> Famines, a refugee crisis and a skeptical Trump administration: The new U.N. secretary-general on what may be the world’s hardest job
>> In a wide-ranging interview with The Washington Post, Secretary-General António Guterres described the United Nations’ dilemmas at one of the most challenging moments in its history, one in which it faces a huge gap between humanitarian needs and U.N. funds, as well as a Trump administration that may slash aid. He has to tread a fine line between speaking against U.S. policies that he sees as inhumane and not alienating a critical source of funding. Above all, the former Portuguese prime minister feels “an enormous sense of duty” to ease the globe’s suffering.
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