July 4th, 2012 Celebration at the U.S. Mission
Independence Day 2012: The Four Ambassadors who serve at the U.S. Mission in Geneva (left to right) Ambassador Michael Punke, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization, Ambassador Laura E. Kennedy, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament and U.S. Special Representative for Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Issues, Ambassador Betty E. King, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, and Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, U.S. Representative to the Human Rights Council.
The theme of the 2012 edition of the annual diplomatic Independence Day reception hosted by the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva was The Great American Picnic - As American as Baseball, BBQ and Apple Pie.