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“The Helms-Biden Playbook: Lessons from a Previous Impasse in the UN budget and U.S. - UN Relations”

On Tuesday, December 16, the Starling Institute hosted a virtual discussion on “The Helms-Biden Playbook: Lessons from a Previous Impasse in the UN budget and U.S.-UN Relations”. We discussed the historical context of the Helms-Biden deal, and the implications for today’s crisis. The panel, moderated by Starling Institute CEO, Minh-Thu Pham, included:

  • Robert C. Orr, Professor, UMD School of Public Policy; Former Deputy to the U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, 1996 - 2001

  • Mark P. Lagon, Chief Policy Officer, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; Senior Staff on the Helms-led Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1999-2001

  • Suzanne Nossel, Senior Advisor, Starling Institute; Former Deputy to the Ambassador for UN Management and Reform at the U.S. Mission to the UN, 1999-2001 & the lead negotiator of the agreement underpinning Helms-Biden

  • Brett D. Schaefer, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Former Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation

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