Tough challenges face new US ambassador to UN
John Bolton will face many challenges in his new job as US ambassador to the United Nations, but one is paramount: showing that he can work with diplomats from 190 other countries in a place he has attacked as irrelevant.
The 56-year-old arms control expert with a reputation for brilliance, obstinacy and speaking his mind arrived yesterday at the United Nations just weeks before a summit where Secretary-General Kofi Annan hopes world leaders will adopt sweeping changes to enable the UN to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
