US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Business Meeting

U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Presiding:

Senator Kerry

Date:

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Time:

09:30 AM

Location:

Senate Dirksen G50

Agenda

This business meeting will be interpreted and also captioned.  The web stream will also be captioned.

TREATY

1.       The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006, and Signed by the United States of America on June 30, 2009 (Treaty Doc. 112-7)

LEGISLATION

2.       S. 3341, the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review Act of 2012

NOMINATIONS

3.       The Honorable Gene Allan Cretz, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana

4.       Ms. Deborah Ruth Malac, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia

5.       Mr. David Bruce Wharton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe

6.       Mr. Alexander Mark Laskaris, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea

7.       The Honorable Marcie B. Ries, of the District of Columbia, to be an Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria

8.       Mr. John M. Koenig, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus

9.       The Honorable Michael David Kirby, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia

10.    Mr. Thomas Hart Armbruster, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands

11.    Ms. Greta Christine Holtz, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman

FOREIGN SERVICE LISTS

12.    Narendran Chanmugam, et al., dated June 7, 2012