The United States is the chief backer of the agency, which was formerly known as the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and the Secretary-General has named former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet the Executive Director of UN Women.

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And so I think what you'll see in the coming days is continued discussions at the international level, and the United Nations as the lead entity in bringing about this framework.

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Wherever you come down on the advisability of America engaging militarily in yet-another Middle Eastern nation, if we decide it is in our national interest to do so, it should be up to our elected representatives, not the United Nations, the Arab League or some other multilateral entity.

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