World Summit on Sustainable Development Press Kit

 August 26 - September 4, 2002
Johannesburg, South Africa

The following provides reference information on U.S. initiatives, programs, and policies relevant to the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

Vision Statement

Signature Partnerships

• Water for the Poor Initiative
• Clean Energy Initiative
• Cutting Hunger in Africa Initiative  (revised fact sheet coming soon) 
• Forests: Congo Basin Initiative

Key Actions

• Preventing Famine in South Africa
• Investing in Health: Fighting Infectious Disease for Sustainable Development
• South Africa Housing Initiative

Other

• Sustainable Development in the United States
• Partnerships for Sustainable Development
• Working for a Sustainable World: Report

Report

• Energy and Water for Sustainable Living: A Compendium of Energy and Water Success Stories  (To view this PDF file, you will need to download, at no cost, the Adobe Acrobat Reader   30.1MB). 

Statements and Remarks

• 08/19/02: President Bush Announces Head of U.S. Delegation to WSSD
• 07/12/02: Making Sustainable Development Work, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell
• 06/11/02: Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization, Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.
• 06/05/02: Remarks to Inter-Action, Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, USAID
• 06/03/02: Health and Sustainable Development: America's Role in a New Era of Partnership, Claude A. Allen, Deputy Secretary, Health and Human Services
• 03/14/02: Global Development, President Bush
• 02/14/02: The Clear Skies and Global  Climate Change Initiatives, President Bush 

Fact Sheets

• Mapping a New Course for Development
• Millennium Challenge Account
• U.S. WTO Agriculture Proposal
• Trade Promotion Authority
• U.S. Contribution to the Global Environmental Facility
• Global Climate Change Initiative
• Clear Skies Act
• Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment
• Summary of Conservation Programs Under Farm Bill Conservation Title
• Investing in Health
• Education Programs

Biographies of U.S. Officials Attending the WSSD

• Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State
• Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
• John F. Turner, Assistant Secretary of State, Oceans and International Environment and Scientific Affairs  
• Christie Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
• Linda J. Fisher, Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
• James L. Connaughton, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality
• Jim Moseley, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Claude A. Allen, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
• Robert G. Card, Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
• Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator
  
  
• Relevant Websites