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Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva
Seal of the U.S. Department of State
Incumbent
Bathsheba Nell Crocker
since December 18, 2021
United States Department of State
NominatorPresident of the United States
Formation1958
Websitegeneva.usmission.gov


The Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva is the Chief of Mission of the United States Mission to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, representing the United States of America at the United Nations Office at Geneva. The full official title of the position is Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador.[1]

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.[2][3]

The headquarters of the U.S. mission to the U.N. in Geneva

Formerly, the position was known as the "Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations"[4]. The United Nations changed the nomenclature from "European Office" to "UN Office at Geneva (UNOG)" in 1966.[5] Further, Geneva is the home of many UN-affiliated international organizations which are not technically part of the United Nations, as well as many important international organizations entirely independent of the UN, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

List of Permanent Representatives[edit]

U.S. diplomatic terms

Career FSO
After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.

Political appointee
A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends).

Appointed
The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as "commissioning". It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office.

Presented credentials
The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador's arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador's letter, but this occurs only rarely.

Terminated mission
Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador's commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy.

Chargé d'affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime".

References from[4] unless otherwise indicated.

Name Background Appointed Terminated
mission
Henry Serrano Villard Career FSO[6] June 15, 1958 August 3, 1960
Graham Martin Career FSO[7] September 18, 1960 April 15, 1962
Roger Tubby Political appointee[8] October 18, 1967 September 24, 1969
Idar D. Rimestad Career FSO September 26, 1969 June 16, 1973
Francis L. Dale Political appointee December 19, 1973 July 1, 1976
Henry E. Catto, Jr. Political appointee July 1, 1976 April 4, 1977
William vanden Heuvel Political appointee July 1, 1977 December 5, 1979
Gerald B. Helman Career FSO December 6, 1979 October 13, 1981
Geoffrey Swaebe Political appointee November 8, 1981 November 17, 1983
Gerald P. Carmen Political appointee April 12, 1984 August 31, 1986
Joseph Carlton Petrone Political appointee March 12, 1987 July 27, 1989
Morris B. Abram Political appointee May 12, 1989 March 19, 1993
Daniel L. Spiegel Political appointee November 4, 1993 1996[9] or 1997[10]
George Moose Career FSO November 18, 1997 May 31, 2001[10]
Kevin Moley Political appointee[11] October 1, 2001 April 30, 2006
Warren W. Tichenor Political appointee May 30, 2006 January 20, 2009[12]
Betty E. King Political appointee[13][14] April 2, 2010 November 2, 2013[15]
Pamela Hamamoto Political appointee[16] May 12, 2014
Presentation of credentials
June 26, 2014		 January 20, 2017
Andrew Bremberg Political appointee October 22, 2019[17]
Presentation of credentials
November 12, 2019[18]		 January 20, 2021
Bathsheba Nell Crocker Political appointee June 24, 2021
Presentation of credentials
January 18, 2022		 Incumbent

References[edit]

  1. ^ US Department of State https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-04-03-Ambassador-Assignments-Overseas-Report.pdf. Retrieved 8 May 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "22 U.S.C. § 287 : US Code - Section 287: Representation in Organization". FindLaw.com. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  3. ^ "§ 287. Representation in Organization". Cornell University Law School. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  4. ^ a b "Representatives of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva)". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  5. ^ The United Nations Office at Geneva. United Nations https://www.ungeneva.org/en/faqs/unog-european-headquarters-united-nations-0. Retrieved 8 May 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Serrano was designated rather than commissioned.
  7. ^ Martin was designated rather than commissioned.
  8. ^ Tubby was commissioned on October 18, 1967. He had been designated rather than commissioned at an original appointment.
  9. ^ "Daniel L. Spiegel". Covington & Burling LLP. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  10. ^ a b "Ambassadorial Appointments – William J. Clinton". American Foreign Service Association. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  11. ^ "Kevin E. Moley". NNDB.com. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  12. ^ "Warren W. Tichenor". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  13. ^ "List of Ambassadorial Appointments". American Foreign Service Association. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  14. ^ "Betty E. King". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  15. ^ "Betty E. King, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva". geneva.usmission.gov. Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  16. ^ "Biography: Ambassador Pamela Hamamoto, Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva". geneva.usmission.gov. Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. June 26, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  17. ^ "PN2545 — Andrew P. Bremberg — United Nations". Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  18. ^ "Ambassador Andrew Bremberg Presents his Credentials to Tatiana Valovaya UNOG Director-General". 13 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

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