Business Meeting

HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Time: 11:15 AM
Place: S-116 The Capitol
Presiding: Senator Biden
 
 
The Committee will consider and Vote on the
Following Agenda Items:
    Nominees:
1. The Honorable Reuben Jeffery III,T
    To be United States Alternate Governor of the
    International Bank for Reconstruction and
    Development for a term of five years; United States
    Alternate Governor of the Inter-American
    Development Bank for a term of five years; United
    States Alternate Governor of the African
    Development Bank for a term of five years;
    United States Alternate Governor of the African
    Development Fund; United States Alternate Governor
    of the Asian Development Bank; and United States
    Alternate Governor of the European Bank for
    Reconstruction and Development
2. The Honorable James R. Kunder,
    To be Deputy Administrator of the United States
    Agency for International Development
3. The Honorable June Carter Perry,
    To be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone
4. The Honorable Mark Green
    To be Ambassador to the United Republic of
    Tanzania
5. The Honorable Wanda L. Nesbitt,
    To be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire
6. Mr. Frederick B. Cook,
    To be Ambassador to the Central African Republic
7. Mr. Robert B. Nolan
    To be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho
8. Mr. Maurice S. Parker
    To be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland
9. Mr. William John Garvelink
    To be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of
    the Congo
10. The Honorable William R. Brownfield,
      To be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia
11. Dr. Peter Michael McKinley
      To be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru
12. Mr. Patrick Dennis Duddy
      To be Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of
      Venezuela
13. The Honorable Anne Woods Patterson
      To be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of
      Pakistan
14. The Honorable Nancy J. Powell
      To be Ambassador to Nepal
15. Mr. Joseph Adam Ereli
      To be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain
16. Mr. Richard Boyce Norland
      To be Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan
17. Mr. Stephen A. Seche
      To be Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen
18. Dr. John L. Withers II,
      To be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania
19. Mr. Charles Lewis English
      To be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina
20. Dr. Cameron Munter
      To be Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia
21. Mr. Roderick W. Moore
      To be Ambassador to the Republic of Montenegro
22. Mr. J. Christian Kennedy
      For the Rank of Ambassador during his tenure of
      service as Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues
23. The Honorable Hector E. Morales,
      To be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
      Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring
      September 20, 2010
   FSO Promotions Lists:
24. Foreign Service Officer Promotion List
      Dated May 7, 2007 (John E. Peters, et al).
25. Foreign Service Officer Promotion List
      Dated May 22, 2007 (Daniel K. Berman, et al).
26. Foreign Service Officer Appointment and
       Promotion List
      Dated May 22, 2007
      (Linda Thompson Topping Gonzalez, et al).
   Legislation:
27. S. 392, A bill to ensure payment of United States
      assessments for United Nations peacekeeping
      operations for the 2005 through 2008 time period.
28. S. 966, A bill to enable the Department of State to
      respond to a critical shortage of passport processing
      personnel, and for other purposes, with an
      amendment in the nature of a substitute
29. S. 1138, A bill to enhance nuclear safeguards and to
      provide assurances of nuclear fuel supply to countries
      that forgo certain fuel cycle activities
30. S. 1500, A bill to support democracy and human
       rights in Zimbabwe, and for other purposes.
31. S. 1565, A bill to provide for the transfer of naval
      vessels to certain foreign recipients.
32. S. 1687, Global Pathogen Surveillance Act of 2007.
33. S. 1698, a bill to provide that no funds appropriated
      or otherwise made available by any Act for
      contributions for international organizations may be
      made available to support the United Nations Human
      Rights Council.
34. S. Res. 203, A resolution calling on the Government
      of the People's Republic of China to use its unique
      influence and economic leverage to stop genocide
      and violence in Darfur, Sudan with an amendment in
      the nature of a substitute, and an amendment to the
      preamble.
35. S. Res. 253, Expressing the sense of the Senate that
      the establishment of a Museum of the History of
      American Diplomacy through private donations is a
      worthy endeavor.
36. H. Con. Res. 7, A resolution calling on the League of
      Arab States and each Member State individually to
      acknowledge the genocide in the Darfur region of
      Sudan and to step up their efforts to stop the
      genocide in Darfur, with an amendment, and an
      amendment to the preamble.

 

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