The Department of State is pleased to announce the U.S. Delegation attending the 58th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to be held, March 10–21, 2014, at UN Headquarters in New York.

• Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Co-Head of Delegation
• Ambassador Catherine Russell, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, U.S. Department of State, Co-Head of Delegation
• Ambassador Elizabeth Cousens, U.S. Representative on the UN Economic and Social Council, Deputy Head of Delegation

They will be accompanied by the following five Public Delegates:

• Jimmie Briggs, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Man Up Campaign
• Caren Grown, Economist in Residence, American University
• Ambassador Betty King, former U.S. Representative to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva and former U.S. Representative to the UN Economic and Social Council
• Sharon Kotok, former advisor to the U.S. Department of Stat
• Nora O’Connell, Associate Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy, Save the Children

Other members of the U.S. Delegation include technical experts from the Department of State, including the United States Mission to the United Nations and several bureaus and offices; USAID; and the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the Department of Homeland Security; as well as officials from the White House; the U.S. Youth Observer to the United Nations; and Representative Barbara Lee, a Congressional Delegate to the UN General Assembly.

The theme of this year’s session is “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls.”

The CSW session is being live-streamed here. For more information, please click here.