A Zoom where it happens: UN insider describes the challenges of virtual diplomacy

The Zoom Where It Happens: UN Insider Describes the Challenges of Virtual Diplomacy | GZERO Media

As an historic virtual UN General Assembly gets underway, GZERO Media caught up with Fabrizio Hochschild, Special Adviser to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, to discuss the challenges of conducting high-level diplomacy in a socially distanced environment.

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