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  World Summit on Sustainable Development, August 26 - September 4, 2002 [Department of State]

  U.S. Discussion Papers on the Future of the Commission on Sustainable Development Distributed at the Organizational Meeting of the Eleventh Session of the Commission, January 27, 2003

  U.S. Principal Goals for the 57th General Assembly

  Third UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries, May 14-20, 2001 [UNCTAD]

  U.S. Principal Objectives for the 58th General Assembly

  The Millennium Challenge Account: A New Vision for Development - Fact Sheet, September 22, 2003

  Office of the UN High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States 

  World Summit on Sustainable Development, August 26 - September 4, 2002 [UN]

  UN Conference on Trade and Development [UNCTAD]

  Economic and Social Development [UN]

brownbullet.jpg (726 bytes)  Archives - for Sustainable Development-related information prior to January 20, 2001

Effective Multilateralism to Build a Better World - Joint Statement by President Bush and British Prime Minister Blair, November 20, 2003

Ambassador Siv: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly on Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development, November 11, 2003

Ann Corkery: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly on the Third UN Conference on Least Developed Countries, November 7, 2003

Representative Gilman: Statement in the General Assembly on Sport for Peace and Development: Building a Peaceful and Better World Through Sport and the Olympic Ideal, November 3, 2003

Under Secretary of State Larson: Statement at the UN High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development, October 30, 2003

Under Secretary of State Larson: Remarks on the Millennium Challenge Account and the U.S. Perspective on Development, October 30, 2003

Congressman Gilman: Statement in the Second Committee on the General Assembly on Cybersecurity, Press Freedom and Biotechnology, October 24, 2003

Walid Maalouf: Statement in the General Assembly on Integrated and Coordinated Implementation of and Follow-up to the Outcomes of the Major United Nations Conferences and Summits in the Economic, Social and Related Fields, October 22, 2003

Ambassador Siv: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly on the Program for Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, October 20, 2003

Ambassador Negroponte: Statement in the General Assembly on the New Partnership for Africa's Development, October 15, 2003

Ambassador Siv: Statement in the Third Committee of the General Assembly on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and International Drug Control, October 9, 2003

Ambassador Siv: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly in General Debate, October 7, 2003

Ann Corkery: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly on the Secretary-General's Annual Report and on Follow-Up to the Millennium Summit, October 7, 2003

Ambassador Siv: Statement at the 2003 Substantive Session of ECOSOC on Sustainable Development, July 21, 2003

Ambassador Siv: Statement at the 2003 Substantive Session of ECOSOC on Population, Education and Development, July 21, 2003

Ambassador Siv: Statement at the 2003 Substantive Session of ECOSOC on Regional Cooperation in Economic, Social and Related Fields, July 18, 2003

Claudia Serwer: Statement at the 2003 Substantive Session of ECOSOC on Implementation of the Program of Action for Least Developed Countries, July 16, 2003

Ambassador Siv: Statement at the 2003 Substantive Session of ECOSOC on Follow-up to Major UN Conferences and Summits, July 8, 2003

Ambassador Siv: Statement at the 2003 Substantive Session of ECOSOC on Operational Activities of the UN for International Development Cooperation, Geneva, July 7, 2003

Ambassador Negroponte: Statement at the High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council on Promoting an Integrated Approach to Rural Development in Developing Countries for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development, Geneva, July 1, 2003

Ambassador Siv: Statement to the UNFPA Executive Board, June 16, 2003

Michael McCamman: Statement to the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board, June 16, 2003

Seth Winnick: Statement to the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board, June 11, 2003

Secretary of State Powell: Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal entitled "Aid for the Enterprising", June 10, 2003

U.S. at the G8 Summit, Evian-les-Bains, France, June 1-3, 2003

Ambassador Cunningham: Statement in the Security Council on the Situation in Africa, May 30, 2003

Under Secretary of State Dobriansky: Statement on the Future of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, Before the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, April 29, 2003

EPA Assistant Administrator Ayres: Statement on the Economic Commission for Europe Regional Implementation Forum, Before the Commission on Sustainable Development, April 29, 2003

Ambassador Siv: Statement in Explanation of Position on the Draft Resolution on Population, Education and Development During the Thirty-sixth Session of the Commission on Population and Development, April 4, 2003

Peter O. Way: Statement in the Commission on Population and Development, April 2, 2003

Ambassador Siv: Statement During the Thirty-sixth Session of the Commission on Population and Development, March 31, 2003

Ambassador Sauerbrey: Statement before the Commission on the Status of Women, March 5, 2003

Ambassador Siv: Statement in the Commission on Social Development, February 14, 2003

Jonathan Margolis: Statement at the Organizational Meeting of the Eleventh Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, January 27, 2003

U.S. Discussion Papers on the Future of the Commission on Sustainable Development Distributed at the Organizational Meeting of the Eleventh Session of the Commission, January 27, 2003

William O. Brisben: Statement at the UNICEF Executive Board Meeting, January 13, 2003

Ambassador West: Statement in the General Assembly on Oceans and Law of the Sea, December 10, 2002

Herbert Traub: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly on the Convention on Biological Diversity, December 10, 2002

Herbert Traub: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly on Implementation of Agenda 21 on the Environment and Development, November 14, 2002

Janine Gustafson: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly on the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, November 5, 2002

John Davison: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly on Implementation of and Follow-up to Major United Nations Conferences and Summits in the Economic and Social Fields, October 31, 2002

Ambassador Williamson: Statement in the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly on UN Peacekeeping Operations, October 21, 2002

Kit Traub: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly on the Environment and Sustainable Development, October 21, 2002

Ellen Sauerbrey: Statement in the Third Committee of the General Assembly on Advancement of Women and Follow-up to the Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women, October 9, 2002

John Davison: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly on Macroeconomic Policy Questions, October 3, 2002  

Ambassador Siv: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly in General Debate, September 30, 2002

Ambassador Williamson: Statement to the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the General Assembly for the Final Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, September 25, 2002

Ambassador Siv and Peter McPherson: Statements on Global Food Security, September 19, 2002

Synopsis of Panel Discussion on Global Food Security and Sustainable Development, September 19, 2002

Secretary of State Powell:  Statement to the General Assembly High Level Session on the New Partnership for Africa's Development, September 16, 2002

Secretary of State Powell:  Statement at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 4, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement at the World Summit on Sustainable Development on Bio-engineered Crops, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 27, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement in the Economic and Social Council on Population and Development, July 23, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement in the Economic and Social Council on Human Settlements, July 23, 2002

Counsellor Claudia Serwer: Statement in the Economic and Social Council on Regional Cooperation, July 19, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement at the Launch of the Consolidated National Appeals for the Humanitarian Crisis in Southern Africa, July 18, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement in the Economic and Social Council on Integrated and Coordinated Implementation and Follow-up on Major UN Conferences and Summits, July 18, 2002

Secretary of State Powell: Remarks at State Department Conference on Sustainable Development, July 12, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement in the Coordination Segment of the Economic and Social Council, July 10, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement in the Economic and Social Council on Operational Activities of the UN for International Development Cooperation, July 8, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement to the High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social on the Contribution of Human Resources Development, including in the Areas of Health and Education, to the Process of Development, July 2, 2002

Secretary of the Treasury O'Neill: Remarks at the Opening of the High-level Segment of the Economic and Social Council, July 1, 2002

Secretary of the Treasury O'Neill: Remarks at UN Headquarters following his Statement to the Opening Meeting of the High-level Segment of the Economic and Social Council, July 1, 2002

David A. Gross: Remarks as U.S. Coordinator for International Communication and Information Policy at the General Assembly Meeting Devoted to Information and Communication Technologies for Development, June 17, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement to the UNFPA/UNDP Executive Board on Parts I, III and IV of the Report of the Executive Director for 2001, June 18, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement to the UNFPA/UNDP Executive Board on Part II of the Report of the Executive Director for 2001, June 18, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Remarks to the Fourth Session of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, Bali, Indonesia, June 7, 2002

Vision Statement for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, May 23, 2002

Ambassador West: Statement to the United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and Law of the Sea, April 8, 2002

Ambassador Kennedy: Statement in Explanation of Position in the Commission on Population and Development on Follow-up Actions to the Recommendations of the International Conference on Population and Development, April 5, 2002

Jonathan Margolis: Statement at the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Support of Accreditation of the Tibet Justice Center, April 5, 2002

Jonathan Margolis: Statement at the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development Against the Chinese No-Action Motion on the United States Proposal to Grant Accreditation to the Tibet Justice Center, April 5, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement to the Commission on Population and Development on World Population Monitoring and Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health with Special Reference to HIV/AIDS, April 1, 2002

President George W. Bush: Remarks at the UN Financing for Development Conference, Monterrey, Mexico, March 22, 2002

White House Fact Sheet: A New Compact for Development, March 14, 2002

Mark Rey: Statement at the United Nations Forum on Forests on Forest Conservation, Protection, and Utilization, March 13, 2002

Ellen Sauerbrey: Statement to the 46th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, March 5, 2002

Ambassador Negroponte: Lecture delivered at Georgetown University on the UN Agenda in the Wake of September 11, February 27, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement at the ECOSOC Roundtable on Education and Development, February 14, 2002

Minister-Counselor Davison: Statement at the 40th Session of the Commission for Social Development, February 12, 2002

Ambassador Negroponte: Remarks at the Heritage Foundation on the War Against Global Terrorism, February 11, 2002

Ambassador Negroponte: Statement at the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development on the Question of Accreditation of the International Campaign for Tibet, February 8, 2002

U.S. to Host Reception of the Arctic Council on February 6, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement to the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, February 1, 2002

Ambassador Siv: Statement at the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Program and of the United Nations Population Fund, January 28, 2002


Ambassador Siv: Statement at the UNICEF Executive Board Meeting on the Report of the Executive Director, January 21, 2002

Ambassador Negroponte: Statement to the Fourth Session of the Preparatory Committee for the International Conference on Financing for Development, January 14, 2002

Counselor Serwer: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly on Follow up to the Least Developed Countries Programme of Action, December 11, 2001


Lloyd Pierson: Statement in the General Assembly Marking the Close of the International Year of Volunteers, December 5, 2001

Ernest Johnson: Statement in the General Assembly on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa, December 3, 2001

Ambassador Siv: Statement in the General Assembly on Follow-up to the Outcome of the Millennium Summit, November 19, 2001

Ambassador Siv: Statement in the Third Committee of the General Assembly on Alternative Approaches for Improving the Effective Enjoyment of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, November 14, 2001

Ernest L. Johnson: Statement in the General Assembly on the the Final Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of the U.N. New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, November 5, 2001

Minister-Counselor Davison: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly on Environment and Sustainable Development, October 29, 2001


Simone Whittemore: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly on Operational Activities for Development of the United Nations System, October 25, 2001

Nancy Cain Marcus: Statement in the Third Committee of the General Assembly on the Advancement of Women and Implementation of the Outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the Twenty-third Special Session of the General Assembly, October 22, 2001

Minister-Counselor Davison: Statement in the Second Committee of the General Assembly in General Debate, October 1, 2001


Norman K. Nicholson: Statement in the General Assembly's High Level Dialogue on Strengthening International Economic Cooperation for Development through Partnership, September 20, 2001

Briefing by Members of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, June 26, 2001

Jonathan A. Margolis: Statement to the Commission on Sustainable Development Acting as the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, April 30, 2001

Ambassador Hambley: Statement to the High-level segment of the Ninth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, April 19, 2001

Jonathan A. Margolis: Statement to the Intersessional Ad Hoc Working Group on International Cooperation for an Enabling Environment
of the Commission on Sustainable Development, March 12, 2001

Jonathan A. Margolis:
Statement to the Intersessional Ad Hoc Working Group on Information for Decision-Making and Participation of the Commission on Sustainable Development, March 12, 2001

Jonathan A. Margolis:
Statement to the Intersessional Ad Hoc Working Group on Transport and Atmosphere of the Commission on Sustainable Development on the Atmosphere, March 7, 2001

Jonathan A. Margolis:
Statement to the Intersessional Meetings of the Commission on Sustainable Development on Transport and Atmosphere, March 6, 2001

Jonathan A. Margolis: Statement to the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Energy and Sustainable Development, February 26, 2001


John Davison: Statement in the Preparatory Committee for the High-Level Intergovernmental Event on Financing for Development, February 13, 2001

Peter Haymond: Statement in the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee for the Third UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries, February 5, 2001

Ambassador Cunningham: Statement in the Security Council on Peace-Building: Toward a Comprehensive Approach, February 5, 2001