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The consulate general in New York covers Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
As part of a U.S.A.-wide network of diplomatic representations, the Consulate General in New York aims to facilitate Dutch companies doing business in the New York area, to expand Dutch Culture in the U.S.A. and provides consular services.
The economic department is permanently on the look-out for new opportunities for Dutch companies. We build and maintain a large network of local contacts as well as contacts within the Dutch business community. We connect, we inform, we advise, and perhaps most importantly, we promote. Be it by organizing the New York Energy week, Dutch Days, seminars or networking events, we promote Dutch products and business as innovative and reliable. We have especially a lot of experience and contacts in the NY creative start-up community, the NY energy industry and the NY water sector. However we stimulate and assist companies within all sectors.
The Cultural Department of the Netherlands Consulate General in New York supports and promotes Dutch arts and culture in the U.S.A. It is the first point of contact for everything that relates to Dutch arts and culture and works closely with all major Dutch cultural organizations. Furthermore Dutch Culture U.S.A. facilitates cultural partnerships and the exchange on knowledge in the fields of innovation and creativity.
The Permanent Mission's main tasks are to promote and clarify the position of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the UN, report to the authorities in The Hague and give advice on developments at the UN. The position of the Netherlands on various subjects is increasingly being finalised in the framework of the European Union. However, the Mission has countless contacts with other member states of the UN, the UN-secretariat and UN-organisations, and operates on an individual basis (including through the delivery of statements) in cases where European coordination is not foreseen.
Diplomats of the Mission participate in debates and negotiations in the General Assembly, ECOSOC and subsidiary bodies of which it is a member or active observer, in UN conferences and in other bodies such as UNDP, UNFPA or UNICEF. During its membership of the Security Council in 2018, the Mission participates actively in the Council's discussions on political crises.
The Permanent Mission has four sections:
The Political Section covers both the political areas as well as the legal and financial affairs of the UN. Political activities of the Mission focus primarily on issues of peace and security, as we are a member of the 2018 Security Council.
The Development, Humanitarian Affairs and Human Rights Section handles all development, humanitarian and human rights issues. These issues are mostly discussed in the General Assembly, in the ECOSOC and in ECOSOC's subsidiary bodies. It also covers the Funds and Programmes located in New York, such as UNDP, UNFPA, UN-Women, UNICEF and UNCDF.
The Military Section advises on all military and defense matters and is closely involved in the Mission's handling of peacekeeping issues and matters of de-mining. The section maintains contacts with the UN Secretariat on peacekeeping operations, including the Netherlands involvement in those operations, as well as with other bodies of the UN-system, such as the UN Office for Project Services.
The Administrative Section handles all administrative and logistical requirements of the Mission, its staff and visitors, including ministers and parliamentarians. Its activities cover financial and personnel matters, housing, security and other support services.
Founded in 1921, the Netherland-America Foundation (NAF) is the leading bilateral foundation initiating and supporting high-impact exchange between the Netherlands and the United States, including the NAF-Fulbright Fellowships and programs in the arts, business, public policy and historic preservation. NAF activities provide donors and recipients with access to a broad network of educational, cultural and business organizations that exemplify Dutch and American excellence in a number of disciplines.
It is the mission of the NAF to foster mutual understanding and build bridges between the Netherlands and the United States by encouraging, supporting, and funding the exchange of people and ideas that create appreciation, respect, and tolerance.
We are deeply committed to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Within the mission and means of our organization, we pledge to fund programs and provide resources that promote meaningful change, address inequality and provide opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds in the exchange between our two countries.
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