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Linda Thomas-Greenfield

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Linda Thomas-Greenfield is an American diplomat currently serving as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, a position she has held since February 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, she has had a distinguished career in the Foreign Service, where she has worked in various capacities within the U.S. Department of State. Her extensive experience includes assignments in Africa and other regions, contributing to her expertise in international relations and diplomacy.

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Jun 22, 2022

I echo Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield's observation that a Mali isolated from its community of nations and ECOWAS is not where Mali wants to be.

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May 18, 2022

The war is continuing. But what we've seen is that the Russians didn't achieve what they intended to achieve.

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May 18, 2022

I think for Sweden, Sweden and Finland, it's really important. They have been threatened by the Russians.

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May 12, 2022

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield also tweeted out a statement that this was unacceptable and called it a tragedy of her killing.

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Apr 11, 2022

90 percent of refugees from Ukraine are women and children. When men like President Putin start wars, women and children get displaced. Women and children get hurt. Women and children get raped and abused and women and children die.

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Apr 5, 2022

I do not need to spell out what these so-called filtration camps are reminiscent of. It`s chilling.

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Apr 4, 2022

Zelenskyy was extraordinary effective today in his presentation to the Security Council and he called upon the Security Council to take responsibility.

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Apr 4, 2022

We were all speechless. We had all seen various videos showing atrocities but they all covered up the real -- you know, the real people that were there.

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Apr 4, 2022

War crimes and crimes against humanity have absolutely taken place and we are working with the Ukrainians to document the evidence so that we can prove it, that the Russians have committed atrocities, that they have committed war crimes.

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Apr 4, 2022

We can make their presence in that body very uncomfortable and we have done that, and we are working to kick them off or to suspend them from the Human Rights Council.

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Apr 4, 2022

We have had two votes in the General Assembly with overwhelming support to first call out Russia and condemn what they have done and secondly, to support humanitarian assistance for the Ukrainians.

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Apr 4, 2022

You know, we were all speechless. We had all seen various videos showing atrocities but they all covered up the real -- you know, the real people that were there. They were all blurred. This was the first time I had seen that video without…

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Mar 18, 2022

Last week, we heard from the Russian representative a tirade of bizarre conspiracy theories. This week, we`re hearing a whole lot more, where that came from, things that sound like they were forwarded to him on a chain email, from a dark…

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Mar 17, 2022

As President Biden said Ukraine will never be a victory for Putin. No matter what advances he makes, no matter whom he kills or what cities he destroys. Ukraine will never be a victory for him.

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Mar 17, 2022

Russia will be held accountable for its atrocities. This it is only one way -- one way to end this madness. President Putin, stop the killing. Withdraw your forces. Leave Ukraine once and for all.

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Mar 17, 2022

Russia has repeatedly, repeatedly accused other countries of the very violations it plans to perpetrate.

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Mar 17, 2022

There`s only one way -- one way to end this madness. President Putin stop the killing, withdraw your forces, leave Ukraine once and for all.

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Mar 17, 2022

Over 3 million refugees have fled the country, creating a devastating, humanitarian crisis felt around the world. Forty-three hospitals have been attacked by Russia, 43 hospitals, and health facilities. There is only one way, one way, to…

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Mar 17, 2022

Last week, we heard from the Russian representative a tirade of bizarre conspiracy theories. This week, we're hearing a whole lot more where that came from, things that sound like they were forwarded to him on a chain e-mail from some dark…

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Mar 11, 2022

I will say this once, Ukraine does not have a biological weapons program. We're not going to let Russia get away with lying to the world or staining the integrity of the Security Council by using this forum as a venue for legitimizing…

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Mar 11, 2022

We`re not going to let Russia get away with lying to the world. Russia is failing in its quest to create an alternative reality.

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Mar 11, 2022

We have serious concerns that Russia may be planning to use chemical or biological agents against the Ukrainian people.

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Mar 11, 2022

We`re not going to give any more airtime to the lies that you`re hearing today. It`s beneath this council. And there`s only one aggressor here and that is Russia.

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Mar 11, 2022

Last month, Secretary Blinken laid out with tragic accuracy what Russia was about to do. He specifically warned that Russia would manufacture a pretext for attack and even cautioned that Russia would fabricate allegations about chemical or…

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Mar 10, 2022

We`re working with others in the international community to document the crimes Russia is committing against Ukrainian people that constitute war crimes. There are attacks on civilians that cannot be justified by any in any way whatsoever.

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