"Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. Desirée Cormier Smith, the former State Department special representative for racial equity and justice, and Jessica Stern, the former U.S. special envoy to advance the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons, told The Advocate that Jeremy Carl's public record and ideological commitments make his nomination to serve as assistant secretary of state for international organizations uniquely dangerous."
""The Assistant Secretary for International Organizations is an obscure post to folks who are not familiar with the State Department, but it's actually quite a powerful one," she said, noting that the position is responsible for U.S. engagement with the United Nations and its agencies and for representing the United States inside those bodies. "He would be, if confirmed, the senior-most diplomat under the Secretary of State really responsible for our engagement with the United Nations and all of its agencies," Smith said."
Two former senior U.S. officials in the Biden administration say Jeremy Carl's nomination to oversee U.S. engagement with the United Nations could weaken global human rights protections, particularly for LGBTQ+ people and communities of color. They cite Carl's public record and ideological commitments, including promotion of the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory and rhetoric about "anti-white racism," as incompatible with representing the United States at the U.N. The Assistant Secretary for International Organizations is described as an influential role responsible for U.S. engagement with U.N. agencies and for representing the nation inside those bodies. Confirmation would place Carl as the senior-most diplomat below the Secretary of State on U.N. engagement.
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