US Ambassador to UN and int'l oganizations in Geneva, Betty E King

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Betty E King presented her credentials as US ambassador to the UN Wednesday 3 March. She is now officially the Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva., filling a post that has been empty since Warren Tichenor left when Barack Obama became president in January 2009.

Three other Obama appointments to Geneva, besides King await Senate confirmation: Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe as US ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council and Laura Kennedy as US ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, as well as Michael Punke as ambassador to the World Trade Organization in Geneva.

Punke was nominated in September and the two women in November; Senate confirmation generally takes two to three months. Another US Trade Representative office appointment, for the chief agriculture negotiator, was made in September: Islam Siddiqi has also not been confirmed by the Senate.

Background, GenevaLunch

Link to other sites: US Mission, Geneva on Facebook, Washington Post head count “Trcking Obama’s apointments”

Michael Punke’s statement to US Senate November 2009 to the US Senate committee that must approve his WTO post nomination, favourable hearing in December by Senate committee on  his nomination, and a call for a swift confirmation, from the pig, coal and other industries, in January.

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