[United States Government Manual]
[September 15, 2009]
[Pages 289-303]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
2201 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20520
Phone, 202-647-4000. Internet, www.state.gov.
SECRETARY OF STATE Hillary Rodham Clinton
Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg
Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Jacob J. Lew
Resources
Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for (vacancy)
Counterterrorism
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Mark Dybul
Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and (vacancy)
Research
Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs Richard R. Verma
Chairman, Foreign Service Grievance Board Ira F. Jaffe
Chief of Protocol (vacancy)
Counselor and Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills
Civil Service Ombudsman (vacancy)
Counselor of the Department of State Cheryl Mills
Director of the Office of Civil Rights John M. Robinson
Director, Policy Planning Staff Anne-Marie Slaughter
Inspector General Harold W. Geisel,
Acting
Legal Adviser Harold Koh
Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Daniel B. Smith
Secretary of the Department
Under Secretary for Arms Control and Rose Gottemoeller,
International Security Affairs Acting
Assistant Secretary for International Security C.S. Eliot Kang,
and Nonproliferation Acting
Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Frank J. Ruggiero,
Affairs Acting
Assistant Secretary for Verification, Rose Gottemoeller
Compliance, and Implementation
Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and (vacancy)
Agricultural Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and David Nelson, Acting
Business Affairs
Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs (vacancy)
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, Karen B. Stewart,
and Labor Acting
Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Reno L. Harnish III,
Environmental and Scientific Affairs Acting
Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, Samuel M. Witten,
and Migration Acting
Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy
Assistant Secretary for Administration Steven J. Rodriquez,
Acting
Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Janice L. Jacobs
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Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security and Eric J. Boswell
Director of the Office of Foreign
Missions
Assistant Secretary for Information Resource Susan Swart
Management and Chief Information Officer
Assistant Secretary for Resource Management and James Millette, Acting
Chief Financial Officer
Director and Chief Operating Officer of Overseas Richard Shinnick,
Buildings Operations Acting
Director General of the Foreign Service and Harry K. Thomas, Jr.
Director of Human Resources
Director of the Foreign Service Institute Ruth A. Whiteside
Director, Office of Medical Services Thomas W. Yun
Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J. Burns
Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (vacancy)
Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific (vacancy)
Affairs
Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Daniel Fried
Affairs
Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics David Johnson
and Law Enforcement Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.
Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey D. Feltman,
Acting
Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Richard A. Boucher
Affairs
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Afghanistan and Paul Jones
Pakistan
Assistant Secretary for International Esther Brimmer
Organization Affairs
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public (vacancy)
Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Ian Kelly
Spokesman for the Department of State
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural (vacancy)
Affairs
Coordinator, International Information Programs Jeremy Curtin
Permanent Representative of the United States of Hector E. Morales, Jr.
America to the Organization of American
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United States
Mission to the
United Nations
\1\
799 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017
United States Permanent Representative to the Susan E. Rice
United Nations and Representative in the
Security Council
Deputy United States Representative to the Alejandro Daniel Wolff
United Nations
United States Representative for Special Rosemary DiCarlo
Political Affairs in the United Nations
United States Representative on the Economic and (vacancy)
Social Council
United States Representative for United Nations (vacancy)
Management and Reform
\1\ A description of the organization and functions of the United
Nations can be found under Selected Multilateral Organizations in this
book.
[For the Department of State statement of organization, see the Code of
Federal Regulations, Title 22, Part 5]
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The Department of State advises the President in the formulation and
execution of foreign policy and promotes the long-range security and
well-being of the United States. The Department determines and analyzes
the facts relating to American overseas interests, makes recommendations
on policy and future action, and takes the necessary steps to carry out
established policy. In so doing, the Department engages in continuous
consultations with the American public, the Congress, other U.S.
departments and agencies, and foreign governments; negotiates treaties
and agreements with foreign nations; speaks for the United States in the
United Nations and other international organizations in which the United
States participates; and represents the United States at international
conferences.
The Department of State was established by act of July 27, 1789, as the
Department of Foreign Affairs and was renamed Department of State by act
of September 15, 1789 (22 U.S.C. 2651 note).
Secretary of State The Secretary of State is responsible for the
overall direction, coordination, and supervision of U.S. foreign
relations and for the interdepartmental activities of the U.S.
Government abroad. The Secretary is the first-ranking member of the
Cabinet, is a member of the National Security Council, and is in charge
of the operations of the Department, including the Foreign Service.
Regional Bureaus Foreign affairs activities worldwide are handled by
the geographic bureaus, which include the Bureaus of African Affairs,
European and Eurasian Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Near East
Affairs, South and Asian Affairs, and Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Administration The Bureau of Administration provides support programs
and services to Department of State and U.S. embassies and consulates.
These functions include administrative policy, domestic emergency
management, and management of owned or leased facilities in the United
States; procurement, supply, travel, and transportation support;
diplomatic pouch, domestic mail, official records, publishing, library,
and language services; support to the schools abroad that educate
dependents of U.S. Government employees assigned to diplomatic and
consular missions; and small and disadvantaged business utilization.
Direct services to the public and other Government agencies include:
authenticating documents used abroad for legal and business purposes;
responding to requests under the
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Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts and providing the electronic
reading room for public reference to State Department records; and
determining use of the diplomatic reception rooms of the Harry S Truman
headquarters building in Washington, DC.
For further information, contact the Bureau of Administration at 703-
875-7000.
Consular Affairs The Bureau of Consular Affairs is responsible for the
protection and welfare of American citizens and interests abroad; the
administration and enforcement of the provisions of the immigration and
nationality laws insofar as they concern the Department of State and
Foreign Service; and the issuance of passports and visas and related
services. Approximately 18 million passports a year are issued by the
Bureau's Office of Passport Services at the processing centers in
Portsmouth, NH, and Charleston, SC, and the regional agencies in Boston,
MA; Chicago, IL; Aurora, CO; Honolulu, HI; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA;
Miami, FL; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; San
Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Norwalk, CT; Detroit, MI; Minneapolis, MN;
and Washington, DC. In addition, the Bureau helps secure America's
borders against entry by terrorists or narco-traffickers, facilitates
international adoptions, and supports parents whose children have been
abducted abroad.
For further information, visit the Bureau of Consular Affairs Web site
at www.travel.state.gov.
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor The Bureau of Democracy, Human
Rights, and Labor (DRL) is responsible for developing and implementing
U.S. policy on democracy, human rights, labor, and religious freedom.
DRL dialogs with foreign governments and builds partnerships in
multilateral organizations in order to build global consensus in support
of democratic rule and human rights. It prepares the annual Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices which are regarded as the most
comprehensive and objective assessment of human rights conditions around
the world. Through the Human Rights and Democracy Fund, DRL provides
comprehensive technical and financial support for democracy and human
rights, which helps prosecute war criminals, promote religious freedom,
monitor free and fair elections, support workers' rights, encourage the
establishment of the rule of law, and facilitate the growth of civil
society. It participates in the Inter-Governmental Forum on Corporate
Social Responsibility, encouraging governments and private industry to
eliminate child labor. DRL also works to advance liberty in and access
to electronic communication through the Secretary's Task Force on Global
Internet Freedom.
For further information, contact the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights,
and Labor at 202-647-2126.
Diplomatic Security The Bureau of Diplomatic Security provides a secure
environment to promote U.S. interests at home and abroad. The Bureau's
mission includes the protection of the Secretary of State and other
senior Government officials, resident and visiting foreign dignitaries,
and foreign missions in the United States; the conduct of criminal,
counterintelligence, and personnel security investigations; ensuring the
integrity of international travel documents, sensitive information,
classified processing equipment, and management information systems; the
physical and technical protection of domestic and overseas facilities of
the Department of State; providing professional law enforcement and
security training to U.S. and foreign personnel; and a comprehensive,
multifaceted overseas security program serving the needs of U.S.
missions and the resident U.S. citizens and business communities.
Through the Office of Foreign Missions, the Bureau regulates the
domestic activities of the foreign diplomatic community in the areas of
taxation, real property acquisitions,
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motor vehicle operation, domestic travel, and customs processing.
For further information, contact the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
Phone, 571-345-2507. Fax, 571-345-2527. Internet,
www.diplomaticsecurity.state.gov.
Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs The Bureau of Economic, Energy,
and Business Affairs has overall responsibility for formulating and
implementing policy regarding international development and
reconstruction, trade, investment, intellectual property enforcement,
international energy issues, terrorism financing and economic sanctions,
international communications and information policy, and aviation and
maritime affairs.
For further information, contact the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and
Business Affairs. Phone, 202-647-7971. Fax, 202-647-5713. Internet,
www.state.gov/e/eeb.
Educational and Cultural Affairs The Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs administers the principal provisions of the Mutual Educational
and Cultural Exchange Act (the Fulbright-Hays Act), including U.S.
international educational and cultural exchange programs. These programs
include the prestigious Fulbright Program for students, scholars, and
teachers; the International Visitor Program, which brings leaders and
future leaders from other countries to the United States for
consultation with their professional colleagues; and citizen exchanges
through cooperative relationships with U.S. nongovernmental
organizations that support the Bureau's mission.
For further information, contact the Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs. Phone, 202-203-5118. Fax, 202-203-5115. Internet, http://
exchanges.state.gov/.
Foreign Missions The Office of Foreign Missions (OFM) operates the
motor vehicles, tax, customs, real property, and travel programs to
regulate and serve the 175 foreign missions in the United States and
approximately 55,000 foreign mission members and dependents. The Office
is also an advocate for improved treatment of U.S. missions and
personnel abroad. It guards the U.S. public against abuses of diplomatic
privilege and preserves U.S. security interests. OFM maintains regional
offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami,
Houston, and Honolulu.
For further information, contact the Office of Foreign Missions. Phone,
202-895-3500. Fax, 202-736-4145.
Foreign Service Institute The Foreign Service Institute of the
Department of State is the Federal Government's primary training
institution for foreign affairs-related training. In addition to the
Department of State, the Institute provides training for more than 47
other governmental agencies. The Institute's more than 500 courses,
including some 70 foreign language courses, range in length from 1 day
to 2 years. The courses are designed to promote successful performance
in each professional assignment, to ease the adjustment to other
countries and cultures, and to enhance the leadership and management
capabilities of the foreign affairs community.
For further information, contact the Foreign Service Institute. Phone,
703-302-6729. Fax, 703-302-7227.
Information Resource Management The Bureau of Information Resource
Management (IRM) provides the Department with the information technology
it needs to carry out U.S. diplomacy in the information age. The IRM
Bureau is led by the Department's Chief Information Officer. IRM
establishes effective information resource management planning and
policies; ensures availability of information technology systems and
operations, including information technology contingency planning, to
support the Department's diplomatic, consular, and management
operations; exercises management responsibility for ensuring that the
Department's information resources meet the business requirements of the
Department and provide an effective basis for knowledge sharing and
collaboration within the Department and with other foreign affairs
agencies and partners; exercises
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delegated approving authority for the Secretary of State for development
and administration of the Department's computer and information security
programs and policies.
Inspector General The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducts
independent audits, inspections, and investigations to promote effective
management, accountability, and positive change in the Department of
State, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), and the foreign
affairs community. OIG provides leadership to promote integrity,
efficiency, effectiveness, and economy; prevent and detect waste, fraud,
abuse, and mismanagement; identify vulnerabilities and recommend
constructive solutions; offer expert assistance to improve Department
and BBG operations; communicate timely, useful information that
facilitates decisionmaking and achieves measurable gains; and keep the
Department, BBG, and Congress informed.
For further information, contact the Office of Inspector General. Phone,
202-663-0340. Internet, www.oig.state.gov.
Intelligence and Research The Bureau coordinates the activities of U.S.
intelligence agencies to ensure that their overseas activities are
consistent with U.S. foreign policy objectives and interests. It also
provides all-source analysis which gives the Department insights and
information to foreign policy questions. It organizes seminars on topics
of high interest to policymakers and the intelligence community and
monitors and analyzes foreign public and media opinion on key issues.
For further information, call 202-647-1080.
International Information Programs The Bureau of International
Information Programs (IIP) informs, engages, and influences
international audiences about U.S. policy and society to advance
America's interests. IIP is a leader in developing and implementing
public diplomacy strategies that measurably influence international
audiences through quality programs and cutting-edge technologies. IIP
provides localized contact for U.S. policies and messages, reaching
millions worldwide in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Persian,
Russian, and Spanish. IIP delivers America's message to the world
through a number of key products and services. These programs reach, and
are created strictly for, key international audiences, such as U.S.
diplomatic missions abroad, the media, government officials, opinion
leaders, and the general public in more than 140 countries around the
world. They include Web and print publications, speaker programs--both
traveling (live) and electronic--and information resource services. IIP
orchestrates the State Department's efforts to counter anti-American
disinformation/propaganda and serves as the Department's chief link with
other agencies in coordinating international public diplomacy programs.
For further information, contact the Bureau of International Information
Programs. Phone, 202-453-8358. Fax, 202-453-8356. Internet,
www.state.gov/r/iip/.
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement The Bureau of International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is responsible for
developing policies and managing programs to combat and counter
international narcotics production and trafficking, and to strengthen
law enforcement and other rule of law institutional capabilities outside
the United States. The Bureau also directs narcotics control
coordinators at posts abroad and provides guidance on narcotics control,
justice sector reform, and anticrime matters to the chiefs of missions.
It supports the development of strong, sustainable criminal justice
systems as well as training for capable police force and competent
judicial officials. INL works closely with a broad range of other U.S.
Government agencies.
For further information, contact the Bureau of International Narcotics
and Law Enforcement Affairs. Phone, 202-647-2842. Fax, 202-736-4045.
International Organizations The Bureau of International Organization
Affairs provides guidance and support for
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U.S. participation in international organizations and conferences and
formulates and implements U.S. policy toward international
organizations, with particular emphasis on those organizations which
make up the United Nations system. It provides direction in the
development, coordination, and implementation of U.S. multilateral
policy.
For further information, call 202-647-9326. Fax, 202-647-2175.
International Security and Nonproliferation The Bureau of International
Security and Nonproliferation (ISN), is responsible for managing a broad
range of nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and arms control
functions. ISN leads U.S. efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of
mass destruction (nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons) and their
delivery systems. It is also responsible for the following functions:
--spearheading efforts to promote international consensus on weapons
of mass destruction proliferation through bilateral and multilateral
diplomacy;
--addressing weapons of mass destruction proliferation threats posed
by non-state actors and terrorist groups by improving physical security,
using interdiction and sanctions, and actively participating in the
Proliferation Security Initiative;
--coordinating the implementation of key international treaties and
arrangements, working to make them relevant to today's security
challenges;
--working closely with the UN, the G-8, NATO, the Organization for
the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the International Atomic Energy
Agency, and other international institutions and organizations to reduce
and eliminate the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction; and
--supporting efforts of foreign partners to prevent, protect
against, and respond to the threat or use of weapons of mass destruction
by terrorists.
For further information, contact the Bureau of International Security
and Nonproliferation. Phone, 202-647-9868. Fax, 202-736-4863. Internet,
www.state.gov/t/isn.
Legal Adviser The Office of the Legal Adviser advises the Secretary of
State and other Department officials on all domestic and international
legal matters relating to the Department of State, Foreign Service, and
diplomatic and consular posts abroad. The Office's lawyers draft,
negotiate, and interpret treaties, international agreements, domestic
statutes, departmental regulations, Executive orders, and other legal
documents; provide guidance on international and domestic law; represent
the United States in international organization, negotiation, and treaty
commission meetings; work on domestic and foreign litigation affecting
the Department's interests; and represent the United States before
international tribunals, including the International Court of Justice.
For further information, contact the Office of the Legal Adviser. Phone,
202-647-9598. Fax, 202-647-7096. Internet, www.state.gov/s/l/.
Legislative Affairs The Bureau of Legislative Affairs coordinates
legislative activity for the Department of State and advises the
Secretary, the Deputy, as well as the Under Secretaries and Assistant
Secretaries on legislative strategy. The Bureau facilitates effective
communication between State Department officials and the Members of
Congress and their staffs. Legislative Affairs works closely with the
authorizing, appropriations, and oversight committees of the House and
Senate, as well as with individual Members that have an interest in
State Department or foreign policy issues. The Bureau also manages
Department testimony before House and Senate hearings, organizes Member
and staff briefings, facilitates Congressional travel to overseas posts
for Members and staff throughout the year, and reviews proposed
legislation and coordinates Statements of Administration Policy on
legislation affecting the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. Legislative
Affairs staff advises individual Bureaus of the Department on
legislative and outreach
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strategies and coorindates those strategies with the Secretary's
priorities.
For further information, contact the Bureau of Legislative Affairs.
Phone, 202-647-1714.
Medical Services The Office of Medical Services (MED) develops,
manages, and staffs a worldwide primary health care system for U.S.
Government employees and their eligible dependents residing overseas. In
support of its overseas operations, MED approves and monitors the
medical evacuation of patients, conducts pre-employment and in-service
physical clearance examinations, and provides clinical referral and
advisory services. MED also provides for emergency medical response in
the event of a crisis at an overseas post.
For further information, contact the Office of Medical Services. Phone,
202-663-1649. Fax 202-663-1613.
Oceans and International Environmental, and Scientific Affairs The
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
(OES) serves as the foreign policy focal point for international oceans,
environmental, and scientific efforts. OES projects, protects, and
promotes U.S. global interests in these areas by articulating U.S.
foreign policy, encouraging international cooperation, and negotiating
treaties and other instruments of international law. The Bureau serves
as the principal adviser to the Secretary of State on international
environment, science, and technology matters and takes the lead in
coordinating and brokering diverse interests in the interagency process,
where the development of international policies or the negotiation and
implementation of relevant international agreements are concerned. The
Bureau seeks to promote the peaceful exploitation of outer space,
develop and coordinate policy on international health issues, encourage
government to government scientific cooperation, and prevent the
destruction and degradation of the planet's natural resources and the
global environment.
For further information, contact the Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs. Phone, 202-647-6961. Fax, 202-647-
0217.
Overseas Building Operations The Bureau of Overseas Buildings
Operations (OBO) directs the worldwide overseas buildings program for
the Department of State and the U.S. Government community serving abroad
under the authority of the chiefs of mission. Along with the input and
support of other State Department bureaus, foreign affairs agencies, and
Congress, OBO sets worldwide priorities for the design, construction,
acquisition, maintenance, use, and sale of real properties and the use
of sales proceeds. OBO also serves as the Single Real Property Manager
of all overseas facilities under the authority of the chiefs of mission.
For further information, contact the Bureau of Overseas Buildings
Operations. Phone, 703-875-4131. Fax, 703-875-5043. Internet,
www.state.gov/obo.
Political-Military Affairs The Bureau of Political-Military Affairs is
the principal link between the Departments of State and Defense and is
the Department of State's lead on operational military matters. The
Bureau provides policy direction in the areas of international security,
security assistance, military operations, defense strategy and policy,
counter-piracy measures, military use of space, and defense trade. Its
responsibilities include securing base access to support the deployment
of U.S. military forces overseas, negotiating status of forces
agreements, coordinating participation in coalition combat and
stabilization forces, promoting critical infrastructure protection,
regulating arms transfers, directing military assistance to U.S. allies,
combating illegal trafficking in small arms and light weapons,
facilitating the education and training of international peacekeepers
and foreign military personnel, managing humanitarian mine action
programs, and assisting other countries in reducing the
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availability of man-portable air defense systems.
For further information, contact the Bureau of Political-Military
Affairs. Phone, 202-647-5104. Fax, 202-736-4413. Internet,
www.state.gov/t/pm.
Population, Refugees, and Migration The Bureau of Population, Refugees,
and Migration directs the Department's population, refugee, and
migration policy development. It administers U.S. contributions to
international organizations for humanitarian assistance- and protection-
related programs on behalf of refugees, conflict victims, and internally
displaced persons and provides U.S. contributions to nongovernmental
organizations which provide assistance and protection to refugees
abroad. The Bureau oversees the annual admissions of refugees to the
United States for permanent resettlement, working closely with the
Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human
Services, and various State and private voluntary agencies. It
coordinates U.S. international population policy and promotes its goals
through bilateral and multilateral cooperation. It works closely with
the U.S. Agency for International Development, which administers U.S.
international population programs. The Bureau also coordinates the
Department's international migration policy through bilateral and
multilateral diplomacy. The Bureau oversees efforts to encourage greater
participation in humanitarian assistance and refugee resettlement on the
part of foreign governments and uses humanitarian diplomacy to increase
access and assistance to those in need in the absence of political
solutions.
For further information, contact the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and
Migration. Phone, 202-663-1071. Fax, 202-663-1002. Internet,
www.state.gov/g/prm.
Protocol The Chief of Protocol is the principal adviser to the U.S.
Government, the President, the Vice President, and the Secretary of
State on matters of diplomatic procedure governed by law or
international custom and practice. The Office is responsible for the
following activities:
--arranging visits of foreign chiefs of state, heads of government,
and other high officials to the United States;
--organizing credential presentations of newly arrived Ambassadors,
as presented to the President and to the Secretary of State;
--operating the President's guest house, Blair House;
--organizing delegations representing the President at official
ceremonies abroad;
--conducting official ceremonial functions and public events;
--interpreting the official order of precedence;
--conducting outreach programs of cultural enrichment and
substantive briefings of the Diplomatic Corps;
--accrediting of over 103,000 embassy, consular, international
organization, and other foreign government personnel, members of their
families, and domestics throughout the United States;
--determining entitlement to diplomatic or consular immunity;
--publishing of diplomatic and consular lists;
--resolving problems arising out of diplomatic or consular immunity,
such as legal and police matters; and
--approving the opening of embassy and consular offices in
conjunction with the Office of Foreign Missions.
For further information, contact the Office of the Chief of Protocol.
Phone, 202-647-2663. Fax, 202-647-1560.
Resource Management The Bureau of Resource Management integrates
strategic planning, budgeting, and performance to secure departmental
resources. The Bureau manages all departmental strategic and performance
planning; budgeting and resource management for operation accounts;
global financial services, including accounting, disbursing, and
payroll; issuance of financial statements and oversight of the
Department's management control program; coordination of national
security resources and remediation of vulnerabilities within the
Department's global critical infrastructure; and
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management of the International Cooperative Administrative Support
Services Program.
For further information, contact the Bureau of Resource Management.
Phone, 202-647-7490. Internet, www.state.gov/s/d/rm/.
Verification, Compliance, and Implementation The Bureau of
Verification, Compliance, and Implementation is responsible for ensuring
and verifying compliance with international arms control,
nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements and commitments. The Bureau
also ensures that U.S. intelligence capabilities to collect, analyze,
and disseminate verification and compliance information are acquired,
maintained, and enhanced. The Bureau is the principal policy
representative to the intelligence community with regard to verification
and compliance matters, and uses this role to promote, preserve, and
enhance key collection and analytic capabilities and to ensure that
intelligence verification, compliance, and implementation requirements
are met. The Bureau staffs and manages treaty implementation
commissions, creating negotiation and implementation policy for
agreements and commitments, and developing policy for future arms
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament arrangements. It also
provides support to arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament
policymaking, including information technology support and secure
government-to-government communication linkages with foreign treaty
partners. The Bureau is also responsible for preparing verifiability
assessments on proposals and agreements, and reporting these to Congress
as required. The Bureau also prepares the President's Annual Report to
Congress on Adherence to and Compliance With Arms Control,
Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments, as well as
the reports required by the Iran, North Korea, and Syria
Nonproliferation Act.
For further information, contact the Bureau of Verification, Compliance,
and Implementation. Phone, 202-647-5315. Fax, 202-647-1321. Internet,
www.state.gov/t/vc.
Foreign Service To a great extent the future of our country depends on
the relations we have with other countries, and those relations are
conducted principally by the U.S. Foreign Service. Trained
representatives stationed worldwide provide the President and the
Secretary of State with much of the raw material from which foreign
policy is made and with the recommendations that help shape it.
Ambassadors are the personal representatives of the President and
report to the President through the Secretary of State. Ambassadors have
full responsibility for implementation of U.S. foreign policy by any and
all U.S. Government personnel within their country of assignment, except
those under military commands. Their responsibilities include
negotiating agreements between the United States and the host country,
explaining and disseminating official U.S. policy, and maintaining
cordial relations with that country's government and people.
A listing of Foreign Service posts, together with addresses and
telephone numbers and key personnel, appears in Key Officers of Foreign
Service Posts--Guide for Business Representatives, which is for sale by
the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington,
DC 20402.
United States Diplomatic Offices--Foreign Service
(C: Consular Office; N: No Embassy or Consular Office)
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Country/Capitol Chief of Mission
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Afghanistan/Kabul......................... William B. Wood
Albania/Tirana............................ John Withers
Algeria/Algiers........................... David D. Pearce
Andorra/Andorra La Vella.................. Eduardo Aguirre, Jr.
Angola/Luanda............................. Dan W. Mozena
Antigua and Barbuda/St. John's (N)........ Brent Hardt (charge
d'affaires)
Argentina/Buenos Aires.................... Earl Anthony Wayne
Armenia/Yerevan........................... Joseph Pennington (charge
d'affaires)
Australia/Canberra........................ Robert M. McCallum
Austria/Vienna............................ Scott F. Kilner (charge
d'affaires)
Azerbaijan/Baku........................... Anne E. Derse
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Bahamas/Nassau............................ Timothy Zuniga-Brown (charge
d'affaires)
Bahrain/Manama............................ J. Adam Ereli
Bangladesh/Dhaka.......................... James Moriarty
Barbados/Bridgetown....................... Brent Hardt (charge
d'affaires)
Belarus/Minsk............................. Karen B. Stewart
Belgium/Brussels.......................... Sam Fox
Belize/Belmopan........................... J.A. Diffily (charge
d'affaires)
Benin/Cotonou............................. Gayleatha B. Brown
Bolivia/La Paz............................ Krishna R. Urs (charge
d'affaires)
Bosnia and Herzegovina/Sarajevo........... Charles L. English
Botswana/Gaborone......................... Stephen J. Nolan
Brazil/Brasilia........................... Clifford M. Sobel
Brunei Darussalam/Bandar Seri Begawan..... Emil M. Skodon
Bulgaria/Sofia............................ Jon Ross Beyrle
Burkina Faso/Ouagadougou.................. (vacancy)
Burma/Rangoon............................. Sharon E. Villarosa
Burundi/Bujumbura......................... Patricia Moller
Cambodia/Phnom Penh....................... Joseph A. Mussomeli
Cameroon/Yaounde.......................... Janet E. Garvey
Canada/Ottawa............................. Terry Breese (charge
d'affaires)
Cape Verde/Praia.......................... Marianne M. Myles
Central African Republic/Bangui........... Frederick B. Cook
Chad/N'Djamena............................ Louis J. Nigro, Jr.
Chile/Santiago............................ Paul E. Simons
China/Beijing............................. Clark T. Randt, Jr.
Colombia/Bogota........................... William R. Brownfield
Comoros/Moroni (N)........................ R. Niles Marquardt
Congo, Democratic Republic of the/Kinshasa William J. Garvelink
Congo, Republic of the/Brazzaville........ Alan W. Eastham
Costa Rica/San Jose....................... Peter Cianchette
Cote d'Ivoire/Abidjan..................... Wanda L. Nesbitt
Croatia/Zagreb............................ Robert A. Bradtke
Cuba/Havana (U.S. Interests Section)...... Michael E. Parmly
Curacao/Willemstad........................ Timothy J. Dunn
Cyprus/Nicosia............................ Ronald L. Schlicher
Czech Republic/Prague..................... Richard W. Graber
Denmark/Copenhagen........................ James Cain
Djibouti, Republic of/Djibouti............ James C. Swan
Dominican Republic/Santo Domingo.......... Roland Bullen (charge
d'affaires)
East Timor/Dili........................... Hans G. Klemm
Ecuador/Quito............................. Linda Jewell
Egypt/Cairo............................... Margaret Scobey
El Salvador/San Salvador.................. Robert Blau (charge
d'affaires)
Equatorial Guinea/Malabo.................. Donald C. Johnson
Eritrea, State of/Asmara.................. Ronald K. McMullen
Estonia/Tallinn........................... Stanley Davis Phillips
Ethiopia/Addis Ababa...................... Donald Y. Yamamoto
Fiji Islands, Republic of/Suva............ Larry Miles Dinger
Finland/Helsinki.......................... Amy J. Hyatt (charge
d'affaires)
France/Paris.............................. Craig Roberts Stapleton
Gabonese Republic/Libreville.............. Eunice S. Reddick
Gambia/Banjul............................. Barry L. Wells
Georgia/Tbilisi........................... John F. Tefft
Germany/Berlin............................ William Robert Timken, Jr.
Ghana/Accra............................... Donald Teitelbaum
Greece/Athens............................. Daniel P. Speckhard
Grenada/St. George (N).................... Karen McIssac (charge
d'affaires)
Guatemala/Guatemala....................... Stephen McFarland
Guinea/Conakry............................ (vacancy)
Guinea-Bissau/Bissau (N).................. Marcia S. Bernicat
Guyana/Georgetown......................... John Melvin Jones
Haiti/Port-au-Prince...................... Janet A. Sanderson
Holy See/Vatican City..................... Francis Rooney
Honduras/Tegucigalpa...................... Charles Ford
Hong Kong/Hong Kong (C)................... James B. Cunningham
Hungary/Budapest.......................... April H. Foley
Iceland/Reykjavik......................... Carol Van Voorst
India/New Delhi........................... (vacancy)
Indonesia/Jakarta......................... Cameron R. Hume
Iraq/Baghdad.............................. Ryan C. Crocker
Ireland/Dublin............................ Thomas C. Foley
Israel/Tel Aviv........................... James B. Cunningham
Italy/Rome................................ Ronald Spogli
Jamaica/Kingston.......................... Brenda La Grange Johnson
Japan/Tokyo............................... John Thomas Schieffer
Jerusalem (C)............................. Jacob Walles
Jordan/Amman.............................. Robert S. Beecroft
Kazakhstan/Almaty......................... Richard Hoagland
Kenya/Nairobi............................. Michael E. Ranneberger
Kiribati/Tarawa (N)....................... Larry Miles Dinger
Korea/Seoul............................... Alexander R. Vershbow
Kosovo/Pristina........................... Tina S. Kaidanow
Kuwait/Kuwait............................. Deborah K. Jones
Kyrgyz Republic/Bishkek................... Tatiana Gfoeller
Laos/Vientiane............................ Ravic Rolf Huso
Latvia/Riga............................... Catherine Todd Bailey
Lebanon/Beirut............................ Michelle Sison
Lesotho/Maseru............................ Robert B. Nolan
Liberia/Monrovia.......................... Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Liechtenstein/Vaduz....................... Peter R. Coneway
Lithuania/Vilnius......................... John A. Cloud, Jr.
Luxembourg/Luxembourg..................... Ann Louise Wagner
Lybia/Tripoli............................. Gene Cretz
Macedonia/Skopje.......................... Gillian Arlette Milovanovic
Madagascar/Antananarivo................... R. Niles Marquardt
Malawi/Lilongwe........................... Peter W. Bodde
Malaysia/Kuala Lumpur..................... Christopher J. LaFleur
Maldives/Male (N)......................... Robert O. Blake, Jr.
Mali/Bamako............................... Gillian Arlette Milovanovic
Malta/Valletta............................ Molly Hering Bordonaro
Marshall Islands/Majuro................... Clyde Bishop
Mauritania/Nouakchott..................... Mark Boulware
Mauritius/Port Louis...................... (vacancy)
Mexico/Mexico City........................ Leslie Bassett (charge
d'affaires)
Micronesia/Kolonia........................ Miriam K. Hughes
Moldova/Chisinau.......................... Michael D. Kirby
Monaco/Monaco............................. Craig Roberts
Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar...................... Mark Clements Minton
Montenegro, Republic of/Podgorica......... Roderick W. Moore
Morocco/Rabat............................. (vacancy)
Mozambique/Maputo......................... (vacancy)
Namibia/Windhoek.......................... Gail Dennise Mathieu
Nauru/Yaren (N)........................... Larry Miles Dinger
Nepal/Kathmandu........................... Nancy J. Powell
Netherlands/The Hague..................... Michael F. Gallagher (charge
d'affaires)
New Zealand/Wellington.................... William Paul McCormick
Nicaragua/Managua......................... Robert Callahan
Niger/Niamey.............................. Bernadette M. Allen
Nigeria/Abuja............................. Robin R. Sanders
Norway/Oslo............................... Benson K. Whitney
Oman/Muscat............................... Gary Grappo
Pakistan/Islamabad........................ Anne W. Patterson
Panama/Panama............................. Barbara Stephenson
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Papua New Guinea/Port Moresby............. Leslie V. Rowe
Paraguay/Asuncion......................... Liliana Ayalde
Peru/Lima................................. P. Michael McKinley
Philippines/Manila........................ Kristie A. Kenney
Poland/Warsaw............................. Victor Henderson Ashe
Portugal/Lisbon........................... Thomas F. Stephenson
Qatar/Doha................................ Joseph LeBaron
Romania/Bucharest......................... Nicholas F. Taubman
Russian Federation/Moscow................. William J. Burns
Rwanda/Kigali............................. W. Stuart Symington IV
St. Kitts and Nevis/Basseterre (N)........ Brent Hardt (charge
d'affaires)
St. Lucia/Castries (N).................... Brent Hardt (charge
d'affaires)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines/Kingstown Brent Hardt (charge
(N). d'affaires)
Samoa/Apia................................ William Paul McCormick
Sao Tome and Principe/Sao Tome (N)........ Eunice S. Reddick
Saudi Arabia/Riyadh....................... Ford M. Fraker
Senegal/Dakar............................. (vacancy)
Serbia/Belgrade........................... Cameron P. Munter
Seychelles/Victoria....................... (vacancy)
Sierra Leone/Freetown..................... June Carter Perry
Singapore/Singapore....................... Patricia Louise Herbold
Slovak Republic/Bratislava................ Vincent Obsitnik
Slovenia/Ljubljana........................ Maryruth Coleman (charge
d'affaires)
Solomon Islands/Honiara................... Leslie V. Rowe
South Africa/Pretoria, Cape Town.......... (vacancy)
Spain/Madrid.............................. Eduardo Aguirre, Jr.
Sri Lanka/Colombo......................... Robert O. Blake, Jr.
Sudan/Khartoum............................ Alberto M. Fernandez charge
d'affaires)
Suriname/Paramaribo....................... Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes
Swaziland/Mbabane......................... Maurice S. Parker
Sweden/Stockholm.......................... Michael M. Wood
Switzerland/Bern.......................... Peter R. Coneway
Syrian Arab Republic/Damascus............. Raymond D. Maxwell (charge
d'affaires)
Tajikistan/Dushanbe....................... Tracey Jacobson
Tanzania/Dar es Salaam.................... (vacancy)
Thailand/Bangkok.......................... Ralph Leo Boyce, Jr.
Togolese, Republic/Lome................... Patricia M. Hawkins
Tonga/Nuku'alofa (N)...................... Larry Miles Dinger
Trinidad and Tobago/Port-of-Spain......... Len Kusnitz (charge
d'affaires)
Tunisia/Tunis............................. Robert F. Godec
Turkey/Ankara............................. Ross Wilson
Turkmenistan/Ashgabat..................... Richard Miles (charge
d'affaires)
Tuvalu/Funafuti (N)....................... Larry Miles Dinger
Uganda/Kampala............................ Steven A. Browning
Ukraine/Kiev.............................. William B. Taylor
United Arab Emirates/Abu Dhabi............ Richard Olson
United Kingdom/London..................... Robert H. Tuttle
Uruguay/Montevideo........................ Robin Matthewman (charge
d'affaires)
Uzbekistan/Tashkent....................... Richard Norland
Vanuatu/Port Vila (N)..................... Leslie V. Rowe
Venezuela/Caracas......................... John Caulfield (charge
d'affaires)
Vietnam/Hanoi............................. Michael W. Marine
Yemen/Sanaa............................... Stephen Seche
Zambia/Lusaka............................. Donald E. Booth
Zimbabwe/Harare........................... James D. McGee
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United States Permanent Diplomatic Missions to International
Organizations
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Organization Ambassador
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African Union/Addis Ababa................. (vacancy)
European Union/Brussels................... Chris Murray (charge
d'affaires)
International Civil Aviation Organization. (vacancy)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization/ Victoria Nuland
Brussels.
Organization of American States/ Hector E. Morales, Jr.
Washington, DC.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and (vacancy)
Development/Paris.
Organization for Security and Co-operation Julie Finley
in Europe/Vienna.
United Nations/Geneva..................... (vacancy)
United Nations/New York................... Susan E. Rice
United Nations/Vienna..................... (vacancy)
U.S. Mission to United Nations Agencies Tony P. Hall
for Food and Agriculture.
U.S. Mission to United Nations Economic, Louise V. Oliver
Scientific and Cultural Organization/
Paris.
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or can be
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