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Bio: Ambassador Michael Punke, Deputy US Trade Representative and U.S. Permanent Representative to the WTO

Ambassador Michael Punke

Michael Punke serves as Deputy United States Trade Representative and U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, U.S. Ambassador to the Human Rights Council

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Biography From Presidential Nomination:
Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe is an Affiliated Scholar at the Center for international Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Her research has focused on norms on use of force, UN reform, and the international rule of law. Her 2006 Ph.D. dissertation entitled: “Humanitarian Military Intervention: The Moral Imperative Versus the Rule of Law,” [...]

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Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe Confirmed as US Representative to the Human Rights Council

Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe

Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, of California, was confirmed March 3 by the United States senate for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as the United States Representative to the UN Human Rights. Ambassador Donahoe’s most recent post was as an Affiliated Scholar at the Center for international Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Her research has focused on norms on use of force, UN reform, and the international rule of law.

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Laura E. Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, Official Biography

Laura Kennedy

Ambassador Kennedy, a Minister Counselor in the Foreign Service, presented her credentials to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on March 22, 2010. She most recently served as International Affairs Advisor and Deputy Commandant of the National War College.

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Official Highlights U.S. Commitment to U.N. Human Rights Council

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Well, let me say first how great it is to be back at Brookings where I spent many happy hours as a trustee before I was forced to resign, to serve in the U.S. government. It’s also great to be here with so many good friends and colleagues from the human rights world.

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Ambassador Betty E. King, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva – Official Biography

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Ambassador Betty King was nominated on October 22, 2009, by President Obama to serve as the Representative of the United States to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and attested by the President on February 12, 2010.

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Betty E. King Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to the UN in Geneva

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Betty E. King was confirmed on February 11, 2010 by a Voice Vote of the U.S. Senate as Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva.

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Assistant Secretary Jones Appointed as Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza

Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs as the U.S. Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza.

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Nominations for U.S. Ambassador to the Human Rights Council and Conference on Disarmament

President Obama has announced two new nominations for Geneva – Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, United States Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council and Laura Kennedy, United States Representative to the Conference on Disarmament.

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Betty E. King Nominated U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Betty E. King, of New York, to be 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. Betty E. King served as the United States Representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush. In that capacity, Ms. King worked on human rights, children, development, aging and population issues.

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