Washington D.C., Aug 30, 2005 / 22:00 pm
In an announcement due to be made public tomorrow, President George Bush has nominated Ellen R. Sauerbrey, a vocal pro-life and women’s rights advocate, who is U.S. Representative to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, as the new Assistant Secretary of State for U:S Population Issues.
In an statement today, Ambassador Sauerbrey said that she’s “honored and humbled to be nominated as Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM).”
If confirmed by the Senate, the Ambassador noted that her new job “will be directing the humanitarian efforts of the Department of State to provide protection, assistance, and sustainable solutions for refugees and victims of conflict and to advance U.S. population and migration policies.”
She would also “work closely with the UN High commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization of Migration and the International Red Cross, among others, on behalf of emergency victims.”