“There is going to be a rather obvious gap between the Summit of the Future, with its focus on expanding international cooperation, and the reality that the U.N. is failing in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan,” said Richard Gowan, U.N. director for the International Crisis Group.
Outlook gloomy as world leaders are gathering in New York for the U.N. General Assembly
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The Crisis Group’s Gowan said the Russians "are specialists at both delivering incendiary speeches and pulling diplomatic stunts in the Security Council, and have delivered both this month.”
Divide between Russia, U.S. on display during Moscow's monthlong presidency of U.N. Security Council
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