For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 19, 2002
President Announces Leader of Delegation to World Summit on Sustainable Development
I am pleased to announce that Secretary of State Colin Powell will
lead the American delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable
Development, to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from August 26
through September 4.
Secretary Powell will be joined by Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator Christie Todd Whitman, Chairman of the Council on
Environmental Quality James Connaughton, U.S. Agency for International
Development Administrator Andrew Natsios, and Under Secretary of State
Paula Dobriansky.
The World Summit has a unique opportunity to advance the new
approach to development that I embraced with other national leaders at
the Monterrey Conference on Financing for Development this past May.
This new approach is based on shared accountability among developed and
developing nations.
The United States is a leader in creating more effective ways to
combat poverty and raise standards of living, recognizing that progress
begins with sound domestic policies that promote good governance,
investment in people and economic freedom. The U.S. delegation will
come to Johannesburg with concrete and practical proposals for strong
and lasting partnerships to advance some of the world's key development
priorities -- clean water, modern energy, good health, and productive
agriculture -- that can lead us to a world without poverty. Poverty
remains a huge and urgent global problem that demands action by the
entire world community. We will stand together in Johannesburg to
bring our full support to this important battle.
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