US Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues:

Douglas Davidson, a US career diplomat, was appointed to replace Ambassador Christian Kennedy as US Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues.  Ambasador Kennedy served for just under four years since 1 August 2006.   Ambassador Davidson took up his post on 5 April 2010.  To read the Biographical Statement issued by the US State Department, click here.  Ambassador Kennedy remained temporarily to complete his work on the International Tracing Service (of which governing body the US currently holds the Presidency) and on the property restitution guidelines arising from the Terezin Declaration.