U.S. Mission to the United Nations
United States Mission to the United Nations | |
Ambassador: | Rich Mills |
Year created: | 1947 |
Official website: | Office website |
The United States Mission to the United Nations (USUN) is the United States delegation to the United Nations. The USUN was created by Congress in 1947 in order "to assist the President and the Department of State in conducting United States policy at the United Nations."[1]
Linda Thomas-Greenfield was confirmed by the Senate as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on February 23, 2021.
Structure
Mission
The official USUN mission statement is as follows:
“ | to assist the President and the Department of State in conducting United States policy at the United Nations.[1][2] | ” |
Leadership
U.S. Ambassadors to the U.N. Full History | ||||||||
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Ambassador | Years in office | Nominated by | Confirmation vote | |||||
Edward Stettinius, Jr. | 1946 | Harry Truman | ||||||
Warren Austin | 1947-1953 | Harry Truman | ||||||
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. | 1953-1960 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||||||
James Jeremiah Wadsworth | 1960-1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||||||
Adlai Stevenson | 1961-1965 | John F. Kennedy | ||||||
Arthur Goldberg | 1965-1968 | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||||||
George W. Ball | 1968 | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||||||
James Russell Wiggins | 1968-1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||||||
Charles Woodruff Yost | 1969-1971 | Richard Nixon | ||||||
George H.W. Bush | 1971-1973 | Richard Nixon | ||||||
John A. Scali | 1973-1975 | Richard Nixon | ||||||
Daniel Patrick Moynihan | 1975-1976 | Gerald Ford | ||||||
William Scranton | 1976-1977 | Gerald Ford | ||||||
Andrew Young | 1977-1979 | Jimmy Carter | ||||||
Donald McHenry | 1979-1981 | Jimmy Carter | ||||||
Jeane Kirkpatrick | 1981-1985 | Ronald Reagan | ||||||
Vernon A. Walters | 1985-1989 | Ronald Reagan | ||||||
Thomas R. Pickering | 1989-1992 | George H.W. Bush | ||||||
Edward J. Perkins | 1992-1993 | George H.W. Bush | ||||||
Madeleine Albright | 1993-1997 | Bill Clinton | ||||||
Bill Richardson | 1997-1998 | Bill Clinton | ||||||
Richard Holbrooke | 1999-2001 | Bill Clinton | ||||||
John Negroponte | 2001-2004 | George W. Bush | ||||||
John Danforth | 2004-2005 | George W. Bush | ||||||
John R. Bolton | 2005-2006 | George W. Bush | Recess appt. | |||||
Zalmay Khalilzad | 2007-2009 | George W. Bush | ||||||
Susan Rice | 2009-2013 | Barack Obama | ||||||
Samantha Power | 2013-2017 | Barack Obama | 87-10 | |||||
Nikki Haley | 2017-2018 | Donald Trump | 96-4 | |||||
Kelly Knight Craft | 2019-2021 | Donald Trump | 56-34 | |||||
Rich Mills (acting) | 2021-2021 | Joe Biden | ||||||
Linda Thomas-Greenfield | 2021-present | Joe Biden | 78-20 |
Note: Votes marked "N/A" represent voice votes or unrecorded votes. Missing votes will be filled as they are researched.
See also
Administrative State |
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External links
- Official USUN website
- USUN on Facebook
- USUN Twitter feed
- USUN on Instagram
- Search Google News for this topic
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 USUN, "About USUN," accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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