Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance

United States; Assistant Secretary of State; for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance
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	Incumbent; Vacant; since June 7, 2019
Reports to	The Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
Nominator	The President of the United States
Inaugural holder	Paula A. DeSutter
Formation	2000
Website	Official Website

The Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance is the head of the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance. The position was created on December 12, 1999, by Secretary Albright as the Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance. The Bureau became fully operational on February 1, 2000, and was first known as the Verification and Compliance Bureau. Within the Department, the Assistant Secretary is responsible for all matters relating to the supervision of verification and compliance with international arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements. The bureau was given its current name during the Obama administration.

The Assistant Secretary advises the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security/Senior Adviser to the President and the Secretary of State for Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament on the appropriate uses of the "Key Verification Assets Fund," and manages the fund.

The Assistant Secretary is also responsible for the President's Annual Report to Congress on Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control Agreements, for Verifiability Assessments for all international arms control and nonproliferation agreements, and for specialized compliance reports required by U.S. Senate Resolutions of ratification, such as the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

Assistant Secretaries of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President(s) served under
Paula A. DeSutter	August 14, 2002	January 16, 2009	George W. Bush
Rose Gottemoeller	April 6, 2009	March 7, 2014	Barack Obama
Frank A. Rose	December 18, 2014	January 20, 2017	Barack Obama
Yleem D.S. Poblete	April 30, 2018	June 7, 2019	Donald Trump

References

External links

The Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance at the Department of State website
The Bureau of Verification and Compliance archives
(http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/10/148521.htm Press Release: The Department of State's Reorganization of the Arms Control and International Security Bureaus)

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