Role of the Ambassador in Promoting U.S. Human Rights Policy Abroad;Special rept

摘要

The roundtable's examination of the role of the chief of mission posed the following questions to a distinguished panel of U.S. ambassadors: How do ambassadors interpret human rights priorities within the context of overall U.S. foreign policy goals; What influence does an ambassador have to change general U.S. foreign policy objectives with regard to human rights; What are the costs of taking action that is not congruous with general U.S. policy objectives; What are the principal instruments at the ambassador's disposal to influence events on the ground consistent with human rights goals; What, if anything, should be done to strengthen an ambassador's influence and expand the array of instruments for implementation of human rights policy; What are the constraints on an ambassador in attempting to help implement human rights policy; and When should an ambassador play a higher profile role in promoting human rights on the ground: a lower profile role.