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The '''United States Mission to the United Nations''' ('''USUN''') serves as the United States delegation to the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usun.usmission.gov/mission/|title=About the Mission|website=United States Mission to the United Nations|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-19}}</ref> USUN is responsible for carrying out the nation's participation in the world body. In 1947, the United States Mission was created by an [[act of Congress]] to assist the [[President of the United States|President]] and the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]] in conducting United States policy at the United Nations. Since that time, USUN has served a vital role as the Department of State's UN branch. Today, USUN has approximately 150 people on staff who serve to represent the United States’ political, economic social, legal, military, public diplomacy, and management interests at the United Nations.

   USUN.state.gov, March 2011, webpage:

   [http://usun.state.gov/about/c32913.htm state.gov-913] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210212358/http://usun.state.gov/about/c32913.htm|date=2011-02-10}}.</ref> The primary role, [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]], is the leader of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.  The position is more formally known by the exact title:

[[UN Permanent Representative|Permanent Representative]] of the [[United States|United States of America]] to the [[United Nations]], with the rank and status of [[Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary]], and Representative of the United States of America in the [[United Nations Security Council|Security Council of the United Nations]].

The position is also known as simply the U.S. Permanent Representative, or "Perm Rep", to the United Nations.