How the UN in Geneva Shapes Our World | US Ambassador Bathsheba Crocker

The Biden Administration's top official in Geneva sits down for an interview

The top American official in Geneva, Ambassador Bathsheba Crocker

While in Geneva this week, I paid a visit to the U.S. Permanent Mission to interview Ambassador Bathsheba Crocker. She is the top U.S. official in Geneva, representing the United States at the many United Nations agencies and international organizations headquartered in the Swiss city.

I wanted to speak with Ambassador Crocker because the work of the UN in Geneva can sometimes fly under the radar, yet it directly impacts everyone on the planet, including Americans. I was interested in learning more about how the U.S. engages with agencies that most Americans have probably never heard of—such as the World Intellectual Property Organization or the International Telecommunications Union—but that nonetheless help to shape our world in ways that affect the daily lives of ordinary people.

We start by discussing how the U.S. engages with some of the more technical UN agencies in Geneva, and then move on to the Biden administratio…