Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
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The Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs is the head of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs within the American Department of State that creates and executes policy in international organizations such as the United Nations. The Department of State created the position of Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs in February 1949, using one of the six Assistant secretary positions originally authorized by Congress in 1944. On August 25, 1954, a Department administrative action changed the incumbent's designation to Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. The current Assistant Secretary is Kristen Silverberg.[1][2]
[edit] Assistant Secretaries of State for International Organization Affairs[2]
| Term started | Term ended | Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs |
| Feb 8, 1949 | May 26, 1949 | Dean Rusk |
| Jun 24, 1949 | Jul 27, 1953 | John D. Hickerson |
| Mar 20, 1953 | Nov 30, 1953 | Robert D. Murphy |
| Dec 4, 1953 | Jul 31, 1955 | David McK. Key |
| Jul 28, 1955 | Jan 20, 1961 | Francis O. Wilcox |
| Feb 20, 1961 | Sep 8, 1965 | Harlan Cleveland |
| Sep 1, 1965 | Feb 9, 1969 | Joseph John Sisco |
| Feb 7, 1969 | Jun 20, 1973 | Samuel De Palma |
| Jul 12, 1973 | Jan 2, 1974 | David H. Popper |
| Dec 19, 1973 | Dec 18, 1975 | William B. Buffum |
| Dec 22, 1975 | Apr 13, 1977 | Samuel W. Lewis |
| Apr 7, 1977 | Apr 9, 1980 | Charles W. Maynes |
| Jun 5, 1980 | Jan 21, 1981 | Richard Lee McCall, Jr. |
| May 7, 1981 | Dec 1, 1981 | Elliott Abrams |
| May 28, 1982 | Nov 12, 1985 | Gregory J. Newell |
| Nov 6, 1985 | Nov 17, 1987 | Alan L. Keyes |
| Feb 5, 1988 | Mar 19, 1989 | Richard Salisbury Williamson |
| May 5, 1989 | Jan 19, 1993 | John R. Bolton |
| May 25, 1993 | May 31, 1995 | Douglas J. Bennet, Jr. |
| Mar 18, 1997 | Oct 22, 1998 | Princeton Nathan Lyman |
| Oct 22, 1998 | - | C. David Welch |
| Nov 19, 2002 | May 1, 2005 | Kim R. Holmes |
| Aug 2, 2005 | - | Kristen Silverberg |
[edit] References
- ^ "Bureau of International Organization Affairs". Retrieved on September 21, 2007.
- ^ a b "Assistant Secretaries of State for International Organization Affairs". Retrieved on September 21, 2007.
