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Environment
Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs
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Environmental Issues
Environmental Guidelines for Export Credit Agencies. Fact Sheet (7/11/00)
Reflections on Transatlantic Environmental Cooperation. David Sandalow, Brussels, Belgium (5/12/00)
An Alliance for Global Water Security in the 21st Century. Secretary Albright, Washington, DC (4/10/00)
Export Credit Agencies. David Sandalow, Otsu, Japan (4/8/00)
Testimony on H.R. 883 on the Environment. Acting Assistant Secretary Kimble, Washington, DC (3/18/99)
Environmental Issues in the G-8 Summit Process (5/8/98)
America's Environmental Security for the 21st Century. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson speech before the American Museum of Natural History, NYC (4/29/98)
International Environmental Cooperation. Under Secretary for Global Affairs Timothy E. Wirth at the Forum on International Geosciences at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (11/17/97)
UNEP and Global Environment.
Assistant Secretary Eileen Claussen at the UNEP 19th Governing
Council, Nairobi, Kenya (2/5/97)
The Global Environment and the National Interest.
Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott at the National Foreign Affairs
Training Center, Arlington, Virginia (9/10/96)
American Diplomacy and the Global Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century.
Secretary of State Warren Christopher at Stanford University,
Palo Alto, CA (4/9/96)
Environmental Initiatives for the Twenty-first Century
(4/10/96)
Fact
Sheet on International Environmental Accomplishments
(4/10/96)
Earth Day 2000:
An Alliance for Global Water Security in the 21st Century. Remarks by Secretary Albright in Recognition of Earth Day (4/10/00)
Earth Day 1999:
Statement on "Earth Day 1999". Secretary Albright (4/22/99)
Earth Day 1998:
Global Problems and Global Solutions. Address by Secretary Albright at the National Museum of Natural History (4/21/98)
Earth Day 1997:
Remarks by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and others on Earth Day (4/22/97)
Press Statement on Earth Day 1997 (4/16/97)
Council on Environmental Quality, The White House
Major International Environmental Agreements
Text of Agreements
Climate Change and the Ozone Layer
Issue Spotlight:
Global Climate Change
El Nino information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):
El Nino Theme Page
El Nino Southern Oscillation Home Page
What is an El Nino?
El Nino and Climate Prediction--A Report to the Nation
Montreal Protocol.
Statement released by the Office of the Spokesman (9/18/97). Questions and Answers.
Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes
Brooks Yeager,
Head of the United States Delegation to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Negotiations, INC-5. Statement on Financial and Technical Assistance, Johannesburg, South Africa(12/4/00)
Brooks Yeager, Head of the United States Delegation to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Negotiations, INC-5. Opening Statement, Johannesburg, South Africa (12/04/00)
United States Government Funding and Assistance for Projects Related to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). (12/07/00)
Overview of USAID Malaria Program (INC-5). (12/05/00)
United States Position on Precaution (INC-5). (12/04/00)
U.S. Objectives for a Global Treaty on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (11/29/00)
Overview on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): What the United States Has Done and What the Global Convention Will Do. (11/29/00)
International Harmonization of Chemical Hazard Classification and Labeling. Federal Register notice (4/10/00)
Concluding Press Statement of the United States on Persistent Organic Pollutants (INC-4). Brooks Yeager (3/25/00)
United States of America Statement Regarding its Proposal in Article K on Financial Resources and Mechanisms. U.S. Delegation Document (3/24/00)
Opening Statement of the United States on Persistent Organic Pollutants (INC-4). Brooks Yeager (3/20/00)
Press Statement on Persistent Organic Pollutants (INC-4). Brooks Yeager (3/20/00)
Current and Prospective International POPs Activities Implemented and/or Funded by United States Government Agencies. U.S. Delegation Document (3/20/00)
Fourth Round of Global Negotiations on Toxic Chemicals. Fact Sheet (3/15/00)
Information on POPs Chemicals. (UNEP site)
Persistent Organic Pollutants. Federal Register notice (3/9/00)
Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes. Statement by Daniel Fantozzi (12/10/99)
Basel Convention on Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes. Fact Sheet released 9/15/98
Frequently Asked Questions on "Harmonization of Hazard Classification and Labeling" (9/15/98)
U.S. To Sign Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. Statement by Department Spokesman James P. Rubin (9/10/98)
United States Participation in Multilateral Negotiations To Control Persistent Organic Pollutants. Statement by Department Spokesman James P. Rubin (7/10/98)
Persistent Organic Pollutants. Public Meeting June 3, 1998 on Preparations for an International Agreement through the UN Environmental Program
Global Agreement on Prior Informed Consent for Especially Dangerous Chemicals. Statement by Department Spokesman James P. Rubin (3/18/98)
Related Websites of Interest
Pollution
U.S.-Canada Ozone Annex Negotiations: Negotiators' Joint Statement. Washington, DC (10/13/00)
Canada - U.S. Ozone Annex Negotiations, Ottawa, August 24-25, 2000. Joint U.S.-Canada Statement (8/25/00)
Canada-U.S. Ozone Negotiations, Washington, June 14-15, 2000. Joint U.S.-Canada Statement (6/15/00)
Canada-U.S. Ozone Negotiations. Joint U.S.-Canada Statement (2/16/00)
U.S. and Canada Agree to Negotiate Air Quality Agreement Annex on Ground-Level Ozone. Statement by Department Spokesman James P. Rubin (4/22/99)
Biodiversity and Conservation
Convention to Combat Desertification. Statement by the President, Office of the Press Secretary (11/15/00)
Convention to Combat Desertification. Senate resolution (10/18/00)
The Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles and the Convention to Combat Desertification. David Sandalow, Washington, DC (7/20/00)
The Role of Biotechnology in Combating Hunger and Poverty. David Sandalow, Washington, DC (7/12/00)
U.S. Remarks on the Biosafety Protocol, Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-5). Nairobi, Kenya (5/24/00)
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Fact Sheet (5/17/00)
Clinton Administration Agencies Announce Food and Agricultural Biotechnology Initiatives: Strengthening Science-Based Regulation and Consumer Access to Information. White House Fact Sheet (5/3/00)
Biotechnology Page (Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs)
Frequently Asked Questions About Biotechnology. Fact Sheet (3/21/00)
Healthy Harvests: Growth Through Biotechnology. Fact Sheet (3/21/00)
Cartagena Biosafety Protocol Page
Biotechnology Conference Cybercast Live on the Internet. Press statement about January 20-21 conference to be held in The Hague (1/18/00)
Forum on Biotechnology's Impact to be Conference's Goal. Press statement announcing January 20-21 conference to be held in The Hague (1/13/00)
Executive Order 13112 on Invasive Species. (2/3/99)
Biodiversity and the Convention on Biological Diversity. Fact Sheet (1/5/99)
Desertification and the Convention to Combat Desertification. Fact Sheet (11/16/98)
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Fact Sheet (8/18/98)
Convention on Biological Diversity (Convention web site)
Biodiversity: The Year 2007. Under Secretary for Global Affairs Timothy E. Wirth remarks at the Conference on Nature and Human Society, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (10/30/97)
Working Together for Wetlands
(2/97). Publication summarizing conference held April 25-26, 1996,
State Department, celebrating the 25th anniversary
of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance.
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Forests
U.S.-Bangladesh Agreement on Establishment of a Tropical Forest Fund and a Tropical Forest Conservation Board. (09/12/2000)
Assistant Secretary of State David B. Sandalow Delivers Major Speech on Tropical Forests. Media Note (5/31/00)
Tropical Forests for the Future. David B. Sandalow, Lima, Peru (5/24/00)
Assistant Secretary David B. Sandalow Spotlights Threat to Global Forests. Notice to the Press (1/6/00)
Protecting and Conserving the World's Forests. David B. Sandalow, National Press Club, Washington, DC (1/6/00)
G-8 Forest Action Program. Statement by Spokesman James Rubin, Washington, D.C. (5/11/98)
Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management. Paper delivered at the XI World Forestry Congress, Antalya, Turkey (October 1997)
Forests and Forest Health. Testimony by Deputy Secretary Rafe Pomerance before the House Subcommittee on Forest and Forest Health, Washington, D.C. (9/11/97)
Pre-Earth Summit Forest Gathering. Statement by Assistant Secretary Eileen B. Claussen, Athens, Greece (5/30/97)
Towards Sustainable Forests - 1997. Remarks by Under Secretary Wirth at the Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. (4/2/97)
Coral Reefs
Issue Spotlight: Coral Reefs
Sustainable Development
The Face of the Waters. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, remarks in the October/November issue of "Civilization" magazine, Washington, DC (11/8/00)
Sustainable Development. Acting Assistant Secretary Melinda Kimble remarks to the Sixth Session
of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, NYC (4/29/98)
Sustainable Development.
Under Secretary for Global Affairs Timothy E. Wirth before the
Western Hemisphere Defense Environmental Conference, Miami, Florida
(6/3/97)
Sustainable Development: Managing the Transition.
Under Secretary for Global Affairs Timothy E. Wirth before the
De Lange Woodlands Conference, Houston, Texas (3/4/97)
Sustainable Development and China's Agenda 21.
Assistant Secretary Eileen Claussen at the 2nd High Level Roundtable on China's Agenda 21 (10/26/96)
President's Council on Sustainable Development. Link to White House site
UN Sustainable Development web site.
Related Web Sites of Interest:
IUCN - World Conservation Union (Washington Office)
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Environmental Protection Agency: Global Warming Site
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID's Environment home page
USAID's Environment Information Clearinghouse (EIC)
Convention on Biological Diversity
Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS is an information system in global change research)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Center for Environmental Security
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)
Biodiversity Information Network (BIN 21)
United Nations Environment Program
Council on Environmental Quality
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