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In recognition of Los Angeles, California being an international staple with mass appeal attracting global and domestic tourists on a daily basis, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield visited the city and spoke to the Los Angeles Consular Corps which is an informal organization representative of the over 97 consulates. She was well-received by Mayor Karen Bass at the Getty House Foundation, which is the Official Residence for the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles.
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield who was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations as well as the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council touted a message guided by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking to an audience of diplomats along with distinguished guests she informed those in attendance of the global challenges that demand global solutions starting with food and water security. She also promoted the upcoming 2023 U.N. SDG Summit on September 18 and 19 at its Headquarters in New York, during the General Assembly high-level week. With the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at midpoint, world leaders will carry out a comprehensive review of the state SDGs. She also pointed out that LA is at the forefront of efforts to invest in clean energy, tackle hunger along with other issues that involves housing which the mayor has declared as a “humanitarian issue” while addressing homelessness.
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Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield, a career diplomat, returned to public service after retiring from a 35-year career with the U.S. Foreign Service in 2017. From 2013 to 2017 she served as the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, where she led the bureau focused on the development and management of U.S. policy toward sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to this appointment, she served as Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources (2012-2013), leading a team in charge of the State Department’s 70,000-strong workforce.
Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield’s distinguished Foreign Service career includes an ambassadorship to Liberia (2008-2012), and postings in Switzerland (at the United States Mission to the United Nations, Geneva), Pakistan, Kenya, The Gambia, Nigeria, and Jamaica. In Washington, she served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of African Affairs (2006-2008), and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (2004-2006).
