Unavoidably, Washington’s gain is to some extent New York’s loss; no one is going to leave the Oval Office to attend a U.N. budget meeting. But that’s the job. Reforming the U.N. will require an ambassador for whom New York is the primary game they play. While of course the next U.S. ambassador needs the ability to get the president’s ear when necessary, to achieve reform Washington will need an ambassador who will give the world body his or her full attention and whose success or failure is tied inextricably to what is achieved there.
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