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Barack Obama: “Having an effective partner in the United Nations Secretary-General will be critically important.”

On the recordDecember 1, 2016
Having an effective partner in the United Nations Secretary-General will be critically important.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary-General-Designate António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres of the United Nations

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