DEPARTMENT OF STATE 2201 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20520 Phone, 202±647±4000. Internet, http://www.state.gov/. SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT Chief of Staff ELAINE K. SHOCAS Executive Assistant ALEJANDRO D. WOLFF Special Assistant to the Secretary and KRISTIE A. KENNEY Executive Secretary of the Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Equal DEIDRE A. DAVIS Employment Opportunity and Civil Rights Chief of Protocol MARY MEL FRENCH Chairman, Foreign Service Grievance Board THOMAS J. DILAURO Civil Service Ombudsman TED A. BOREK Deputy Secretary of State STROBE TALBOTT Under Secretary for Political Affairs THOMAS R. PICKERING Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and STUART E. EIZENSTAT Agricultural Affairs Under Secretary for Arms Control and JOHN D. HOLUM, Acting International Security Under Secretary for Management BONNIE R. COHEN Under Secretary for Global Affairs FRANK E. LOY Counselor of the Department of State WENDY SHERMAN Assistant Secretary for Administration PATRICK F. KENNEDY Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs MARY A. RYAN Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security DAVID G. CARPENTER and Director of the Office of Foreign Missions Chief Financial Officer BERT T. EDWARDS Chief Information Officer and Director of the FERNANDO BURBANO Bureau of Information Resource Management Director General of the Foreign Service and EDWARD W. GNEHM, JR. Director of Personnel Medical Director, Department of State and CEDRIC E. DUMONT the Foreign Service Executive Secretary, Board of the Foreign TED PLOSSER Service Director of the Foreign Service Institute RUTH A. DAVIS Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugee, JULIA V. TAFT and Migration Affairs Inspector General JACQUELYN L. WILLIAMS-BRIDGERS Director, Policy Planning Staff MORTON H. HALPERIN Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs BARBARA LARKIN Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human HAROLD H. KOTT Rights, and Labor Legal Advisor DAVID R. ANDREWS Assistant Secretary for African Affairs SUSAN E. RICE 383 VerDate 18-JUN-99 11:09 Jul 20, 1999 Jkt 185193 PO 00000 Frm 00383 Fmt 6995 Sfmt 6995 C:\RECORD\185193.039 pfrm12 PsN: pfrm12 384 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific STANLEY O. ROTH Affairs Assistant Secretary for European Affairs MARC GROSSMAN Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere ROBERT NOLAN Affairs Permanent Representative of the United VICTOR MARRERO States of America to the Organization of American States Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs MARTIN S. INDYK Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs KARL F. INDERFURTH Assistant Secretary for Economics and ALAN P. LARSON Business Affairs Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and PHYLLIS E. OAKLEY Research Assistant Secretary for International C. DAVID WELCH Organization Affairs Assistant Secretary for Oceans and MELINDA L. KIMBLE, Acting International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and JAMES RUBIN Spokesman for the Department of State Assistant Secretary for Political-Military ERIC NEWSOM Bureau Assistant Secretary for International RAND BEERS Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs U.S. Coordinator, International VONYA B. MCCANN Communications and Information Policy United States Mission to the United Nations 1 799 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 United States Representative to the United A. PETER BURLEIGH, Acting Nations and Representative in the Security Council Deputy United States Representative to the A. PETER BURLEIGH United Nations United States Representative for Special NANCY SODERBERG Political Affairs in the United Nations United States Representative on the BETTY E. KING Economic and Social Council United States Representative for U.N. RICHARD SKLAR Management and Reform [For the Department of State statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 22, Part 5] The Department of State advises the President in the formulation and execution of foreign policy. As Chief Executive, the President has overall responsibility for the foreign policy of the United States. The Department of State's primary objective in the conduct of foreign relations is to promote 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 1 A description of the organization and functions of the United Nations can be found under Selected Multilateral Organizations in this book. VerDate 18-JUN-99 11:09 Jul 20, 1999 Jkt 185193 PO 00000 Frm 00384 Fmt 6995 Sfmt 6995 C:\RECORD\185193.039 pfrm12 PsN: pfrm12 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 385 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 in more than 50 major international organizations in which the United States participates; and represents the United States at more than 800 international conferences annually. The Department of State, the senior authority and foreign policy guidance of executive department of the U.S. the Secretary of State. Government, was established by act of Economic, Business, and Agricultural July 27, 1789, as the Department of Affairs The Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs and was renamed Economic, Business, and Agricultural Department of State by act of September Affairs is principal adviser to the 15, 1789 (22 U.S.C. 2651 note). Secretary and Deputy Secretary in the formulation and conduct of foreign Office of the Secretary economic policy. Specific areas for Secretary of State The Secretary of which the Under Secretary is responsible State, the principal foreign policy adviser include international trade, agriculture, to the President, is responsible for the energy, finance, transportation, and overall direction, coordination, and relations with developing countries. supervision of U.S. foreign relations and Bureau for Arms Control and for the interdepartmental activities of the International Security Affairs The U.S. Government abroad. The Secretary Under Secretary for Arms Control and is the first-ranking member of the International Security Affairs is Cabinet, is a member of the National responsible for integrating and Security Council, and is in charge of the prioritizing the full range of international operations of the Department, including security, nonproliferation, and arms the Foreign Service. The Office of the control issues into the Department's Secretary includes the offices of the conduct of foreign policy. This includes Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, directing and coordinating arms control Assistant Secretaries, Counselor, Legal Advisor, and Inspector General. Some policy; nonproliferation policy (including areas where public purposes are widely nuclear, chemical, biological, missile, applied are detailed below and on the and conventional weapons proliferation); following pages. export control policy; and certain foreign By the authority of section 1413 of the assistance programs. The Under Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Secretary coordinates diplomatic efforts Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681±791) the to obtain the agreement of all United States Agency for International appropriate countries to the Missile Development was established as an Technology Control Regime and independent agency of the U.S. exercises various authorities relating to Government, and the Director of the the imposition of proliferation sanctions agency was placed under the direct as required by U.S. law. Regional Bureaus Six Assistant Secretaries direct the Affairs, Near East Affairs, South Asian activities of the geographic bureaus, Affairs, and Western Hemisphere Affairs. which are responsible for our foreign The regional Assistant Secretaries also affairs activities throughout the world. serve as Chairmen of Interdepartmental These are the Bureaus of African Affairs, Groups in the National Security Council European Affairs, East Asian and Pacific system. These groups discuss and decide issues that can be settled at the Assistant VerDate 18-JUN-99 11:09 Jul 20, 1999 Jkt 185193 PO 00000 Frm 00385 Fmt 6995 Sfmt 6995 C:\RECORD\185193.039 pfrm12 PsN: pfrm12 VerDate 18-JUN-99 11:09Jul20,1999 Jkt185193 PO00000 Frm00386 Fmt6995 Sfmt6995 C:\RECORD\185193.039 pfrm12 PsN:pfrm12 386 DEPARTMENT OF STATE UNITED STATES PERMANENT AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE U DEVELOPMENT UNITED NATIONS . DEPUTY SECRETARY S . GOVERNMENT MANUAL EQUAL EMPLOYMENT COORDINATOR FOR POLICY EXECUTIVE CHIEF OF OPPORTUNITY COUNTER- CHIEF OF STAFF PLANNING SECRETARY PROTOCOL AND CIVIL RIGHTS TERRORISM COUNCIL UNDER SECRETARY UNDER SECRETARY UNDER SECRETARY UNDER SECRETARY FOREIGN UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC FOR ARMS CONTROL UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC FOR POLITICAL SERVICE FOR AND AND INTERNATIONAL FOR GLOBAL DIPLOMACY AND AFFAIRS INSTITUTE MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS SECURITY AFFAIRS AFFAIRS PUBLIC AFFAIRS ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY, AFRICAN AFFAIRS AND ARMS CONTROL ADMINISTRATION HUMAN RIGHTS, PUBLIC AFFAIRS BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND LABOR EAST ASIAN AND NONPROLIFERA- CONSULAR INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC PACIFIC AFFAIRS TION AFFAIRS NARCOTICS AND DIPLOMACY LAW ENFORCEMENT POLITICAL- OFFICE OF AFFAIRS EUROPEAN MILITARY AFFAIRS DIPLOMATIC FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECURITY MISSIONS OCEAN AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE AND NEAR