The Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) is a bureau in the United States Department of State that creates and executes U.S. policy in the United Nations and other international organizations. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. The IO is charged with developing and implementing the policies of the U.S. government with respect to the United Nations and its affiliated agencies,as well as within certain other international organizations. The Bureau of International Organization Affairs was created in order to strengthen the United States involvement in important international relations.
Anne Woods Patterson is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. She served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 2013 to 2017. She previously served as United States Ambassador to Egypt until 2013 and as United States Ambassador to Pakistan from July 2007 to October 2010.
The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is a Washington,D.C.-based 527 organization founded in 1983,consisting of U.S. state and territorial governors affiliated with the Democratic Party. The mission of the organization is to provide party support to the election and re-election of Democratic gubernatorial candidates. The DGA's Republican counterpart is the Republican Governors Association. The DGA is not directly affiliated with the non-partisan National Governors Association. Noam Lee is currently the executive director of the DGA,while Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina is the current chair.
Michele Jeanne Sison is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service serving as the assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs. She has previously served in various other diplomatic posts around the world on behalf of the United States,including ambassador to Haiti. Sison holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador.
Crystal Nix-Hines served as the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational,Scientific,and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the rank of Ambassador between July 2014 and January 2017.
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés is an Ecuadorian politician and diplomat. She was the President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 73rd session,office which started in September 2018. She was Minister of National Defense of Ecuador from 28 November 2012 to 23 September 2014. Previously,she served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Lenín Moreno from May 2017 to June 2018. She also held several other Ministerial posts before. She served as the Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations in Geneva from October 2014 to May 2017,and held the same position from 2008 to 2009. Besides her political career she is also a poet and essayist.
Catherine Mary Russell is an American attorney,political adviser,and director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office. She was the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues from May 8,2013,until January 20,2017. Before that,she was chief of staff to the Second Lady of the United States,Jill Biden. On December 10,2021,she was appointed the executive director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Russell took office as UNICEF head on February 1,2022.
Betty Eileen King is an American diplomat born in Saint Vincent,West Indies. From 2010 to 2013 she served as the Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva,Switzerland.
Brooke D. Anderson is an American diplomat who served as a U.S. ambassador at the United Nations,as Chief of Staff and Counselor for the White House National Security Council,and as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary for Political Affairs on the Iran Nuclear Negotiations. She has served as a trusted advisor to U.S. presidents,Cabinet Secretaries,members of Congress,presidential candidates,philanthropists and business leaders.
The United States Mission to the United Nations (USUN) serves as the United States' delegation to the United Nations. USUN is responsible for carrying out the nation's participation in the world body. In 1947 the United States Mission was created by an act of Congress to assist the President and the Department of State in conducting United States policy at the United Nations. Since that time,USUN has served a vital role as the Department of State's UN branch. Today,USUN has approximately 150 people on staff who serve to represent the United States’political,economic and social,legal,military,public diplomacy,and management interests at the United Nations.
Sameh Hassan Shoukry is an Egyptian diplomat who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt since 2014. Previously,Shoukry served as the Ambassador of Egypt to the United States from 2008 to 2012. He is expected to preside over the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
The Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations is the chief of mission of the United States Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations at the United Nations Office at Geneva. The full official title of the position is The Representative of the United States of America to the European Office of the United Nations,with the rank of Ambassador. The office was established in 1958 by 22 U.S.C. §287 :US Code - Section 287(e):Representation in Organization. The Representative has the rank of Ambassador and reports directly to the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. The office is sometimes referred to as ambassador but the correct title is representative for organizations.
African-Americans in foreign policy in the United States catalogs distinguished African Americans who have and continue to contribute to international development,diplomacy,and defense through their work with the U.S. Department of State,the U.S. Agency for International Development,the U.S. Information Agency,and the U.S. Congress,and other notable agencies and non-governmental organizations. The creators acknowledge the presence of the interagency contributions to the foreign affairs realm,and welcome additional content to showcase the achievements of African-Americans in other relevant USG agencies.
Rosemary Anne DiCarlo is an American diplomat who has served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs since May 2018. She previously served as acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations following the resignation of Susan Rice to become the National Security Advisor.
Michael Møller is president of the Diplomatic Forum of the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation,principal advisor at Macro Advisory Partners and member of the boards of several foundations,including the Kofi Annan Foundation. He is Honorary President of the Association of Former International Civil Sevants for Development (Greycells). He is a Danish former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and the 12th director-general of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). He was also the secretary-general of the Conference on Disarmament and the United Nations Secretary-General's personal representative to the conference. He was appointed to these roles by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in November 2013 and was reappointed by Secretary-General António Guterres in February 2017 for another year. Møller has over 40 years of experience as an international civil servant in the United Nations System,serving in different roles in New York,Iran,Mexico,Haiti and Geneva. Prior to his tenure as director-general,he was the executive director of the Kofi Annan Foundation from 2008 to 2011.
Andrew P. Bremberg is an American attorney and political advisor who most recently served as Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. He previously served as Assistant to the President and the director of the Domestic Policy Council for U.S. President Donald Trump.
International Gender Champions (IGC) is a network of female and male leaders of member states,international organizations,and civil society working for gender equality. It is an initiative of Women@TheTable,and was founded in 2015 by Caitlin Kraft-Buchman of Women@TheTable,Ambassador Pam Hamamoto,Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations in Geneva,and Michael Møller,the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and current Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Audra Plepytė is a Lithuanian career diplomat,ambassador. Since May 2021 she is Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States of America and to the United Mexican States.
