Former US journalist heading for top UN role
Susan Rice, the outgoing top US representative at the UN, is handing over to ex-reporter Samantha Powers.
Published On 17 Jul 2013
National Security Adviser Susan Rice is handing over her outgoing post as US representative to the UN to a former journalist.
Samantha Power, 42, made her name documenting the international community’s failure in Bosnia, specifically to stop the massacre at Srebrenica in 1995.
She inherits a role which has a current focus on the Syrian conflict.
Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from the UN.
Source: Al Jazeera