19 February 2009
The United States, the United Nations and Multilateralism, February 19, 2009(February 24 webchat with the State Department’s Jim Warlick)
What is the role of the United States in the United Nations?
On February 24, at 10:30 a.m. EST (15:30 GMT), please join Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Jim Warlick for an online discussion on the topic of multilateralism and the United States.
James "Jim" Warlick began as principal deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs in April 2006, with responsibility for all aspects of U.S. foreign policy at the United Nations and a number of other multilateral organizations. Before that, as director of the Office of European Security and Political Affairs, he was responsible for political-military and security issues for Europe and the former Soviet Union, including NATO, OSCE and related arms control and nonproliferation policy issues (2005–2006). Before joining the State Department, he was deputy representative of the Asia Foundation in Washington and the Philippines and a foreign affairs analyst in the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress.
If you would like to participate in this webchat, please go to http://statedept.connectsolutions.com/multilateralism/. No registration is needed. Simply choose "Enter as a Guest," type in your preferred screen name, and join the discussion. We accept questions and comments in advance of, and at any time during, the program.
The transcript of this webchat will be available on America.gov’s webchat page, where information about upcoming webchats is also available.
