Susan Rice to be UN Ambassador
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Today we’ve been posting backgrounds and other key information on President-elect Obama’s security team as announced earlier today. Below is some information on Dr. Susan Rice, who Obama has announced will be nominated to serve as Ambassador to the United Nations.
Foreign Policy Related Activities (from U.S Center for Global Engagement website)
As Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Dr. Rice visited the majority of the 48 states in Sub-Saharan Africa and lobbied for increasing foreign aid to the region. She supported an all-African peacekeeping force to avert conflict on the continent and supported a congressional measure that allowed Washington to provide food assistance to the rebels in Sudan. Dr. Rice’s work at the Brookings Institution has focused on U.S. foreign policy, weak and failing states, the implications of global poverty and transnational security threats.
Selected Statements
Rice, President-elect Obama Security Team press conference, 12/1/08
“With your election, Mr. President-elect, the American people have signaled to the world that our nation is on the path to change. Now, we must fulfill that promise by joining with others to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities of the 21st century to prevent conflict, to promote peace, combat terrorism, present the spread and use of nuclear weapons, tackle climate change, end genocide, fight poverty and disease.
“All of these goals are vital to America’s security but none can be accomplished by America alone. To enhance our common security, we must invest in our common humanity. And to do so, we need capable partners and far more effective international institutions.
“The United Nations was, in major part, America’s creation.”
Rice, Building a Better, Safer World, 8/28/08
“Brokering and supporting peace in conflict zones around the world from the Middle East to Africa, to South Asia, and investing in global poverty reduction, and building the capacity of people in states to provide more effectively for their people, and for their societies, and to govern democratically and responsibly — all of these are part of an affirmative agenda that Senator Obama is powerfully committed to pursuing.”
Rice, “The Weak State Gap,” The Washington Post, 3/7/08
“The United States should increase overall assistance levels to support a wider cohort of weak states and combine development assistance with democracy support, market access, peacekeeping and security sector reform.”
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December 2, 2008 at 1:10 pm
President-elect Obama made a right choice of choosing Dr. Rice. With such kind of experiences, Dr. Rice can effectively carry out her duties as the U.S. Ambassador for the United Nations. Dr. Rice can help achieve the goal that Pres. Obama seeks. The Senate might as well consider.