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U.S. Ambassador to the UN

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In the tense final hours before the UN Security Council vote on Resolution 2270, the toughest sanctions regime ever imposed on North Korea, Susan Rice personally negotiated last-minute concessions with China and Russia, securing their abstention rather than a veto. That breakthrough in March 2016 marked a rare consensus on Pyongyang’s nuclear program and demonstrated her signature approach: pragmatic coalition-building grounded in deep knowledge of Security Council procedural levers and regional red lines. Unlike many diplomats who prioritize public rhetoric, Rice operated most effectively in closed-door consultations, leveraging her dual experience as National Security Advisor and UN Ambassador to translate strategic imperatives into actionable multilateral outcomes. She championed the Responsibility to Protect doctrine in Libya while insisting on precise legal thresholds for intervention, a tension she navigated without deferring to either idealism or realpolitik alone. Her tenure redefined how U.S. envoys engage the Council not as advocates but as architects of enforceable consensus, particularly on nonproliferation and atrocity prevention.

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Did Susan Rice recuse herself from UN discussions involving Rwanda due to her role in the 1994 genocide response?
No—Rice was not in government during the 1994 genocide; she served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1997–2001. Her later reflections on Rwanda focused on institutional reform at the NSC and State Department, leading to the creation of interagency atrocity prevention mechanisms she later implemented as National Security Advisor.
What was Rice's position on the 2011 UN arms embargo on South Sudan?
She co-sponsored Resolution 2155 in 2014, which imposed targeted sanctions and an arms embargo—but only after months of failed diplomacy and documented atrocities by both government and rebel forces. She argued the embargo was necessary to halt weapon flows enabling ethnic cleansing, though she opposed broader sanctions that could harm humanitarian access.
How did Rice handle the 2013 chemical weapons crisis in Syria outside the UN framework?
After Russia blocked a Security Council resolution authorizing force, Rice helped broker the U.S.-Russia agreement for Syria’s chemical stockpile removal—an outcome achieved through parallel diplomacy, bypassing the Council but requiring UN verification via the OPCW-UN Joint Mission she actively coordinated with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Why did Rice oppose the 2015 UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements?
As UN Ambassador, she abstained—rather than veto—Resolution 2334 in December 2016, breaking with decades of automatic U.S. vetoes on settlement-related resolutions. She stated the vote reflected 'the reality on the ground' and aimed to preserve the two-state solution’s viability, calling it a 'necessary step' amid accelerating settlement expansion.

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