Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs

United States; Assistant Secretary of State; for International Organization Affairs
	Seal of the United States Department of State
	Incumbent; Erica Barks-Ruggles[1]; Senior Bureau Official; since January 20, 2021
Reports to	Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Nominator	President of the United States
Inaugural holder	Dean Acheson
Formation	1944
Website	Official Website

The Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs is the head of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs within the United States Department of State that creates and executes policy in international organizations such as the United Nations.[2] The U.S. Department of State created the position of Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs in February 1949, using one of the six Assistant secretary positions originally authorized by Congress in 1944. On August 25, 1954, a Department administrative action changed the incumbent's designation to Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. The current head of the Bureau is Pamela D. Pryor, who first served as Acting Assistant Secretary and currently as the Senior Bureau Official.[3][4]

Assistant Secretaries of State for International Organization Affairs

Term started	Term ended	Officeholder
December 20, 1944	August 15, 1945	Dean Acheson
Feb 8, 1949	May 26, 1949	Dean Rusk
Jun 24, 1949	Jul 27, 1953	John D. Hickerson
Mar 20, 1953	Nov 30, 1953	Robert D. Murphy
Dec 4, 1953	Jul 31, 1955	David McK. Key
Jul 28, 1955	Jan 20, 1961	Francis O. Wilcox
Feb 20, 1961	Sep 8, 1965	Harlan Cleveland
Sep 1, 1965	Feb 9, 1969	Joseph John Sisco
Feb 7, 1969	Jun 20, 1973	Samuel De Palma
Jul 12, 1973	Jan 2, 1974	David H. Popper
Dec 19, 1973	Dec 18, 1975	William B. Buffum
Dec 22, 1975	Apr 13, 1977	Samuel W. Lewis
Apr 7, 1977	Apr 9, 1980	Charles W. Maynes
Jun 5, 1980	Jan 21, 1981	Richard Lee McCall, Jr.
May 7, 1981	Dec 1, 1981	Elliott Abrams
May 28, 1982	Nov 12, 1985	Gregory J. Newell
Nov 6, 1985	Nov 17, 1987	Alan L. Keyes
Feb 5, 1988	Mar 19, 1989	Richard S. Williamson
May 5, 1989	Jan 19, 1993	John R. Bolton
May 25, 1993	May 31, 1995	Douglas J. Bennet, Jr.
Mar 18, 1997	Oct 22, 1998	Princeton N. Lyman
Oct 22, 1998	Nov 19, 2002	C. David Welch
Nov 19, 2002	May 1, 2005	Kim Holmes
Aug 2, 2005	June 27, 2008	Kristen Silverberg
Oct 3, 2008	January 20, 2009	Brian H. Hook
April 2, 2009	June 3, 2013	Esther Brimmer
September 19, 2014	January 20, 2017	Bathsheba N. Crocker
January 20, 2017	October 2017	Tracey Ann Jacobson (acting)
December 12, 2017	March 2018	Mary Catherine Phee (acting)
March 26, 2018	November 29, 2019	Kevin Moley
November 29, 2019	March 1, 2020	Jonathan Moore (acting)
March 2, 2020	Present	Pamela D. Pryor (initially acting, later as Senior Bureau Official)[3][4]

References

https://www.state.gov/biographies/erica-barks-ruggles/
"Assistant Secretaries of State for International Organization Affairs". Retrieved September 21, 2007.
"Pamela D. Pryor". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
"Pamela D. Pryor". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved December 5, 2020.

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[a-2] "Assistant Secretaries of State for International Organization Affairs". Retrieved September 21, 2007.

[Pamela_D._Pryor_October-3] "Pamela D. Pryor". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.

[Pamela_D._Pryor_December-4] "Pamela D. Pryor". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved December 5, 2020.

United States Assistant Secretaries of State (and Equivalent Ranks)
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs	African Affairs East Asian and Pacific Affairs European and Eurasian Affairs International Organization Affairs Near Eastern Affairs South and Central Asian Affairs Western Hemisphere Affairs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment	Economic and Business Affairs Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Energy Resources Chief Economist of the Department
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security	Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance International Security and Nonproliferation Political-Military Affairs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs	Educational and Cultural Affairs Global Public Affairs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management	Administration Consular Affairs Diplomatic Security Chief Information Officer of the Department Chief Medical Officer and Designated Agency Safety and Health Official Comptroller of the Department and Director of Global Financial Services Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Global Talent Director of Budget and Planning Director of Overseas Buildings Operations Director, Foreign Service Institute Director, Office of Foreign Missions, with the rank of Ambassador
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights	Conflict and Stabilization Operations Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with rank and status of Ambassador-at-Large Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Population, Refugees, and Migration Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (Ambassador-at-Large) Global Criminal Justice (Ambassador-at-Large)
Reporting directly to the Secretary	Intelligence and Research Legislative Affairs Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department Inspector General Legal Adviser Director, Policy Planning Staff Director, Office of Foreign Assistance Director, Office of Civil Rights and Chief Diversity Officer Chief of Protocol of the United States, with the rank of Ambassador Global Women's Issues (Ambassador-at-Large) Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally (Ambassador-at-Large)