A career diplomat for nearly 40 years, Francis came out of retirement to become Trinidad and Tobago’s U.N. ambassador in September 2021.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5502528/trinidads-francis-elected-next-leader-of-un-general-assembly/

Britain’s deputy U.N. ambassador, James Kariuki, said Russia was in no position to talk about international law or U.N. values.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/04/04/no-joke-russia-assumes-presidency-of-u-n-security-council/

But Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, said 70% of those killed in Gaza were children and women.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/oct/27/palestinians-plead-stop-the-bombs-at-un-meeting-but-israel-insists-hamas-must-be-obliterated/

China’s U.N. ambassador, Zhang Jun, conferring with Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vasily Nebenzya, before a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday about the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/world/asia/china-israel-hamas-antisemitism.html

China’s U.N. ambassador, Zhang Jun, conferring with Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vasily Nebenzya, before a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday about the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/world/asia/china-israel-hamas-antisemitism.html

Image: Tenet on left with Powell and U.N. ambassador John Negroponte at Security Council, Feb. 5, 2003.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/04/no_author/history-of-us-nato-military-campaigns-1991-2023/

Kenya’s U.N. ambassador, Martin Kimani, told the Council that his country would collaborate closely with Haiti’s allies and the other nations in the Caribbean.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/world/americas/un-kenya-mission-haiti.html

Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, told the Associated Press after the vote “it’s disgusting the Security Council is not shouldering its responsibility” to “stop the war."

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hamas-ap-israel-gaza-un-security-council-b2436189.html

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea’s U.N. ambassador has defended his country’s recent long-range missile launch in a rare appearance at the U.N. Security Council.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/07/13/north-koreas-ambassador-blames-us-for-regional-tensions-in-a-rare-appearance-at-un-security-council/

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has repeatedly called for a full cease-fire, and Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, criticized Griffiths for talking about humanitarian pauses, something the United States is also urging.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/11/03/un-official-says-the-average-gazan-is-living-on-two-pieces-of-bread-a-day-and-people-need-water/