Secretary Blinken's Virtual Visit to the United Nations

Secretary Blinken: My virtual visit to the United Nations this week was a productive one. As I emphasized, the United Nations is the anchor of the multilateral system, and remains vitally important to the United States. Grateful to U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Mission to the UN Team, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir for hosting me.
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