WorldHow UN chief Antonio Guterres tests the limits of quiet diplomacy

The article recounts how Guterres pressed the United States to support a UN mission during the 1999 East Timor crisis, warning Bill Clinton that Portugal could reconsider its Balkan deployments. East Timor became independent in 2002. As UN secretary-general, Guterres has continued to confront the limits of diplomacy when powerful countries are divided.

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