The Bureau of United Nations Affairs was a division of the United States Department of State created in 1949. Richard Kerry, the father of US Senator John Kerry, worked for the bureau. Today, the division of the State Department that handles relations with the United Nations is the Bureau of International Organization Affairs. The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Richard John Dick Kerry (July 28, 1915 – July 29, 2000), the father of Senator John Kerry, volunteered as a test pilot for the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, flying DC-3s and B-29s stateside in Alabama. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization made up of 191 states established in 1945. ...

External links

CBS News story (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/02/opinion/main603542.shtml)

Bureau of International Organization Affairs (http://www.state.gov/p/io/)