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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 3 december 2019
U.N. Security Council to head to Washington, and Kentucky

By JENNIFER PELTZ co-led an October trip to
Associated Press South Sudan, where there's
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — a U.N. peacekeeping
The United Nations Secu- force, and to a meeting
rity Council is set to meet with African Union leaders
President Donald Trump in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
over lunch Thursday, then The council also has trav-
travel later this month to eled at times to the White
part of the U.S. that's off the House and to informal re-
beaten path for world dip- treats or visits to members'
lomats: Kentucky. countries.
It's the home state of Am- China invited the council
bassador Kelly Craft, who to visit during its November
announced the plans in 2018 presidency, for exam-
brief remarks to reporters ple, in what was billed as a
Monday as the U.S. began "side event" for members to
a stint in the council's rotat- learn more about China's
ing presidency. participation in peace-
She said the U.S. tenure keeping operations and
would focus on how the get a firsthand look at its
council could gain "more development.
credibility." Former U.S. Ambassador
"We're speaking to the Nikki Haley talked about
world, and I think it's really bringing council members
important, that we owe it to her home state of South
as a moral obligation, not Carolina in September
only to speak about topics 2018. The Carolinas were
that are relevant but also hit by a hurricane that
to have an outcome," Kraft month, and the trip ulti-
said, calling for reflection mately didn't happen.
on the council's work this The U.S. mission to the U.N.
year and how it might im- didn't immediately say
prove. Monday what the theme This photo provided by the United Nations shows United States U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft,
Tasked with maintaining would be for the Dec. 13- current President of the U.N. Security Council, during a press briefing on Monday Dec. 2, 2019, at
U.N. headquarters.
international peace and 15 trip to Frankfort and Lex- Associated Press
security, the council gen- ington, Kentucky.
erally sets out for hotspots Kraft said members will the Bluegrass State's famed native, became Washing- September, after serving as
when it leaves headquar- have a day of "sofa talks" bourbon. Kraft, a Kentucky ton's envoy to the U.N. in ambassador to Canada.q
ters. and informal meetings, to
Visits this year have includ- be held at the headquar-
ed Iraq and neighboring ters of animal feed and
Kuwait, a council member; beverage conglomerate
Mali, the site of the dead- Alltech Inc.
liest U.N. peacekeeping Also on the agenda: dining
mission, and other coun- at the governor's mansion,
tries dealing with or trying watching the No. 8-ranked
to emerge from war, vio- University of Kentucky
lence, political crises and men's basketball team
other strife. play unranked Georgia
The U.S. and South Africa Tech, and bottling some of