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Climate change chief Christiana Figueres enters race to head UN
Financial Times ^ | July 7, 2016 | Pilita Clark

Posted on 07/07/2016 5:16:05 PM PDT by Enchante

If Ms Figueres were selected, she would be a striking departure from the eight men who have run the UN so far.

She is widely credited with helping to re-energise global climate action after the disastrous failure of a 2009 Copenhagen meeting aimed at sealing the accord finally struck in Paris.

She previously spent many years representing Costa Rica in climate negotiations but has little of the broader foreign policy experience held by most UN secretaries-general.

Ms Figueres conceded on Thursday she faced a “learning curve” on peace and security issues but her recent experience in shepherding through the Paris accord showed she was an effective diplomat.

“I would dare argue that the Paris agreement was at least one, if not the most successful negotiation … of the United Nations on a not unimportant and undifficult task,” she told reporters. “So I believe that I have proven my stripes.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climate; un
Why worry about first woman?

The UN should go all out and appoint the first transgender Secretary General!!!

1 posted on 07/07/2016 5:16:05 PM PDT by Enchante
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The climate zealots are pushing hard to get one of their own into the top position at the UN.

Wouldn’t be at all surprised if Obama throws his support behind this as part of his legacy project.....


2 posted on 07/07/2016 5:17:19 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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This woman is Global Warming Crazy


3 posted on 07/07/2016 5:20:36 PM PDT by butlerweave
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She is widely credited with helping to re-energise global climate action...

So she's a statist/fascist who believes in a strange mother-earth worshipping cult?

4 posted on 07/07/2016 5:21:30 PM PDT by PGR88
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yup, she’s a dangerous world statist


5 posted on 07/07/2016 5:22:46 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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Ban Ki-moon is a true believer too.

All these UN, one world order types believe in man-made climate change, AKA wealth redistribution scheme.

6 posted on 07/07/2016 5:24:58 PM PDT by PROCON (Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose in November)
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Our message to the U.N.:

Defy
De-Fund
Denounce
Deport
Disarm
Disband

7 posted on 07/07/2016 5:27:22 PM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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Selecting a head to run the global scam, obamas getting this


8 posted on 07/07/2016 5:46:56 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (without the 1st we have no second)
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but her recent experience in shepherding through the Paris accord showed she was an effective diplomat.

Not really. Anyone two year old could do what she did if the two year old spoke what liberals want to hear. The Paris accord was overloaded with liberals.

9 posted on 07/07/2016 5:49:43 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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Sorry lady. Barack the Kenyan already called dibs on that gig. Go find something somewhere else.


10 posted on 07/07/2016 7:09:10 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Founding Documents Great Again!)
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(with apologies to Larry David) The picture of her on Drudge looks like she’s dressing for the Intergalactic Council.


11 posted on 07/07/2016 7:32:36 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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Priestess of Gaia.


12 posted on 07/08/2016 5:31:35 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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freakshow bitch.


13 posted on 07/08/2016 12:34:57 PM PDT by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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