SpecialCan Ivonne A-Baki restore trust in a UN where ‘nobody trusts anybody’?
- The Ecuadorian-Lebanese contender for UN secretary-general says the organization needs fewer bureaucratic fixes and more diplomacy built around trusted guarantor states
- A-Baki tells Arab News Saudi Arabia could play a pivotal mediation role under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, while UN must reassert itself from Iran to Gaza and Lebanon