Breakdown or Breakthrough? The high stakes in Our Common Agenda?
Guest blog by Elizabeth Cousens is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations Foundation. Before joining the UN Foundation, Elizabeth Cousens served as U.S. Ambassador to the UN Economic and Social Council and Alternate Representative to the UN General Assembly (2012-14). She previously served as Principal Policy Advisor and Counselor to the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Susan Rice (2009-12). In this capacity, she was lead U.S. negotiator on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, including representing the United States in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals. “ This article originally appeared on the UN Foundation blog here ”. UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres has just launched Our Common Agenda , his vision for renewing global cooperation for the future. UN Foundation President and CEO Elizabeth Cousens explores the highlights from this landmark report and explains what comes next. In jus...