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Kelly Craft

Kelly Dawn Knight Craft (née Guilfoil; born February 24, 1962) is an American diplomat who is the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Craft was previously the United States ambassador to Canada, the first woman to hold the post. She was appointed by President George W. Bush as a U.S. alternate delegate to the United Nations in 2007, where her focus included U.S. engagement in Africa. She was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Kentucky. She headed Kelly G. Knight LLC, a business advisory firm based in Lexington, Kentucky. After having been confirmed by the United States Senate, Kelly Craft was officially sworn in as the United Nations Ambassador on September 10, 2019. She formally presented her credentials to Secretary-General António Guterres on September 12, 2019.

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1962-02-24

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Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.

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Foreign PolicyBBC2021-01-12

Kelly Craft: US envoy's 'last-minute' Taiwan visit angers China

A top US diplomat's upcoming trip to Taiwan as Washington ends decades-old curbs on contacts with Taipei has again escalated Sino-American tensions. Kelly Craft, the US ambassador to the UN, is due to arrive in Taipei on Wednesday for a three-day visit. Her last-minute trip - days before Donald Trump's...

U.S. Politicshumanrightsvoices.org2020-12-31

Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Kelly Craft on the 2021 United Nations Program Budget

"Far too often the membership of this vital body abandons principle for expediency and integrity for the presumed benefits of consensus. We convince ourselves that accommodation of all viewpoints, including those that run counter to the values outlined in the UN Charter, will eventually yield long-term progress. Today this body...