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UNITED NATIONS – US Ambassador Kelly Craft took up her post at the United Nations on Thursday, September 12, 9 months after the departure of her high-profile predecessor Nikki Haley.
Craft, 57, served previously as US ambassador to Canada where she was involved in negotiations on a new US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement.
She declined to speak with reporters on her arrival at UN headquarters, making her way to the 38th floor offices of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Haley, who unlike Craft held cabinet rank, emerged as a strong voice of American foreign policy under the US President Donald Trump.
After she stepped down at the end of last year, the role was filled by her number two, Ambassador Jonathan Cohen.
Craft is married to coal company CEO Joe Craft, a big fundraiser and contributor to Trump’s 2016 campaign and inauguration festivities.
During a Senate confirmation hearing in June, she pledged not be an obstacle to climate diplomacy, and said she would recuse herself from UN discussions related to coal.
The annual UN General Assembly is expected to open September 23 with a summit on climate change with world leaders and UN chief Guterres.
The United States is the top financial contributor to the United Nations, paying a quarter of the cost of peacekeeping operations and 22% of its operating costs. – Rappler.com
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