The Pros And Cons Of The Permanent Representative
The other obligation of the Permanent Representative is to report all United Nations meetings to the State Department and the President at National Security Council meetings. The United States Department of State was originally founded in 1916 with the goal of, “… [shaping and sustaining] …a peaceful, prosperous…democratic world and foster conditions for stability…for the benefit of the American people and people everywhere” (US Department of State, Mission Statement). The State Department is concerned with numerous objectives, however, one of the most prominent one is in creating a stable environment for American interests and economics (U.S. Department of State-USAID FY 2014–2017 Joint Strategic Plan 1-40). To create a stable environment
for both Americans and American interests, the need for information about how the world reacts and to see if any American interests are being tested in the United Nations and to report back to the State Department with any news and selecting the best choice of action.
For example, in 1954 the Permanent Representative Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. had blocked any concerns from the international community from the CIA overthrowing the government of Guatemala for threating interests of the United States. One of the reasons being that the new government was communist the other being that it had threated United States companies based in Guatemala and thus threatened the State Department’s interests (Young 1986). Nevertheless, there are some limitations that the Permanent Representative must deal with, one being that since the representative is a member of the UN Security Council, any possible American backed interests or proposals could be rejected by the Security Council. Also the Permanent Representative can only make recommendations to the president and the State Department in the National Security Council meetings where American foreign policy is discussed with other department heads about what to do in a situation that would affect American interests, it does not have the ability to produce any actual solutions without conducting meetings with these two departments (Milestones: 1945–1952 - Office of The Historian). These meetings define what measures should be taken in the face of any foreign change and whether American interests would be in danger of being tampered with.
for both Americans and American interests, the need for information about how the world reacts and to see if any American interests are being tested in the United Nations and to report back to the State Department with any news and selecting the best choice of action.
For example, in 1954 the Permanent Representative Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. had blocked any concerns from the international community from the CIA overthrowing the government of Guatemala for threating interests of the United States. One of the reasons being that the new government was communist the other being that it had threated United States companies based in Guatemala and thus threatened the State Department’s interests (Young 1986). Nevertheless, there are some limitations that the Permanent Representative must deal with, one being that since the representative is a member of the UN Security Council, any possible American backed interests or proposals could be rejected by the Security Council. Also the Permanent Representative can only make recommendations to the president and the State Department in the National Security Council meetings where American foreign policy is discussed with other department heads about what to do in a situation that would affect American interests, it does not have the ability to produce any actual solutions without conducting meetings with these two departments (Milestones: 1945–1952 - Office of The Historian). These meetings define what measures should be taken in the face of any foreign change and whether American interests would be in danger of being tampered with.