Summary
U.S. ambassador to the UN and later secretary of state under Clinton, in Perceptions of Palestine’s account the official who in 1994 suggested in a letter to General Assembly members that the Assembly “consolidate”, “improve” or “eliminate” certain UN resolutions judged contentious by the United States — a step Christison presents as undermining the few ground rules that helped the Palestinians (Perceptions of Palestine, lines 2774).
Details
- Albright, Christopher’s successor as secretary of state, rarely took an interest in the details of Palestinian-Israeli policy, as Bush and Baker both had, leaving Ross and his team a free hand to formulate policy (lines 2828).
Related pages
Perceptions of Palestine, Bill Clinton, Warren Christopher, Dennis Ross