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

United States Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Frank A. Rose since December 18, 2014
Nominator	Barack Obama
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. 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 current Assistant Secretary is Frank A. Rose, who was appointed on December 18, 2014.^[1]

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.

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	Present	Barack Obama

References

↑ "Frank A. Rose". U.S. Department of State. December 18, 2014. Retrieved November 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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)

United States Assistant Secretaries of State (and Equivalent Ranks)

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Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs	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 Public Affairs Coordinator for International Information Programs

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Reporting directly to the Secretary	Intelligence and Research Legislative Affairs Executive Secretary Inspector General Legal Adviser Director of Policy Planning Chief of Protocol Global Women's Issues (Ambassador-at-Large) Global AIDS Coordinator (Ambassador-at-Large)

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