by Rich Copley | Presbyterian News Service
United Nations headquarters in New York City. (Photo by Daryan Shamkhali via Unsplash)
LEXINGTON, Kentucky â The Rev. Dr. Dee Cooper has a certain expectation of how world leaders address large groups.
âWhen you get to high levels of government, even within diplomatic government agencies, typically I experience a lot of âlet me share with you my thoughts about this.â I just don’t always experience them as dialogue.â
So, Cooper was pleasantly surprised by Tuesday morningâs town hall meeting with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at the 65
âI felt this was very, very conversational,â said Cooper, the interim Executive Presbyter of the Heartland Presbytery in Kansas and Missouri. âI mean, we could have all been sitting in a room with coffee or tea. I felt his intentionality to address the specific concerns but also appreciate where people were coming from reflected he was li