United States of America
Ambassador John Danforth
The United States is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. John Danforth was nominated to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in June 2004. Prior to that, he represented the State of Missouri for 18 years in the U.S. Senate. The following is excerpted from the 5015th meeting of the UN Security Council on July 30, 2004, in New York.For years, a number of nations in Africa, Europe, and North America have worked hard to encourage a peace process in Sudan. We hoped for a country that would be a model of ethnic reconciliation. We…
