Department of State
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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 Condoleezza Rice
Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte
Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator (vacancy)
for Counterterrorism
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Mark Dybul, Acting
Assistant Secretary for Intelligence Randall Fort
and Research
Assistant Secretary for Legislative Jeffrey T. Bergner
Affairs
Chairman, Foreign Service Grievance Jacqueline Ratner
Board
Chief of Protocol Raymond P. Martinez, Acting
Chief of Staff Brian Gunderson
Civil Service Ombudsman Frederick A. Whittington
Counselor of the Department of State Elliott Cohen
Director of the Office of Civil Barry Wells
Rights
Director, Policy Planning Staff Stephen Krasner
Inspector General Howard J. Krongard
Legal Adviser John B. Bellinger III
Special Assistant to the Secretary Harry K. Thomas, Jr.
and Executive Secretary of the Department
Under Secretary for Arms Control and (vacancy)
International Security Affairs
Assistant Secretary for John C. Rood
International Security and Nonproliferation
Assistant Secretary for Stephen D. Mull, Political-Military Acting
Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Paula A. DeSutter
Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
Under Secretary for Economic, (vacancy)
Energy, and Agricultural Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Daniel S. Sullivan
Economic, Energy and Business Affairs
Under Secretary for Democracy and Paula J. Dobriansky
Global Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Barry F. Lowenkron
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Assistant Secretary for Oceans Claudia A. McMurray
and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Ellen R. Sauerbrey
Population, Refugees, and Migration
Under Secretary for Management Henrietta H. Fore
Assistant Secretary for Rajkumar Chellaraj
Administration
Assistant Secretary for Consular Maura Harty
Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Richard J. Griffin
Diplomatic Security and Director of the Office of Foreign Missions
Assistant Secretary for James Van Derhoff
Information Resource Management and Chief Information Officer
Assistant Secretary for Resource Bradford R. Higgins
Management and Chief Financial Officer
Director and Chief Operating Charles E. Williams
Officer of Overseas Buildings Operations
Director General of the Foreign George M. Staples
Service and Director of Human Resources
Director of the Foreign Service Ruth A. Whiteside
Institute
Director, Office of Medical Laurence G. Brown
Services
Under Secretary for Political R. Nicholas Burns
Affairs
Assistant Secretary for African Jendayi E. Frazer
Affairs
Assistant Secretary for East Christopher R. Hill
Asian and Pacific Affairs
Assistant Secretary for European Daniel Fried
and Eurasian Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Anne W. Patterson
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Western Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.
Hemisphere Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Near C. David Welch
Eastern Affairs
Assistant Secretary for South Richard A. Boucher
and Central Asian Affairs
Ambassador and Coordinator for Maureen E. Quinn
Afghanistan
Assistant Secretary for Kristen Silverberg
International Organization Affairs
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy Karen P. Hughes
and Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public Sean Ian McCormack
Affairs and Spokesman for the Department of State
Assistant Secretary for Dina Habib Powell
Educational and Cultural Affairs
Coordinator, International Jeremy Curtin, Acting
Information Programs
Permanent Representative of the Robert Manzanares, United States of America to Acting
the Organization of American
United States Mission to the United Nations
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799 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017
United States Permanent Representative to the Zalmay Khalilzad
United Nations and Representative in the Security Council
Deputy United States Representative Alejandro Daniel Wolff
to the United Nations
United States Representative for Jackie W. Sanders
Special Political Affairs in the United Nations
United States Representative on the Richard T. Miller
Economic and Social Council
United States Representative for Mark D. Wallace
U.N. 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.
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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 T211657.024
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 10 million passports a year are issued by the Office of Passport Services of the Bureau at the processing centers in Portsmouth, NH, and Charleston, SC, and the regional agencies in Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Aurora, Colorado; Honolulu, HI; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Norwalk, CT; Stamford, CT; 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. The Bureau undertakes dialog with foreign governments and builds partnerships in multilateral organizations in order to build global consensus in support of democratic rule and universal human rights principles. It is responsible for preparing 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.
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, residents, 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...
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