Clinton Head of U.S. Delegation to Rio+20 in Brazil
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesperson
June 12, 2012
Statement by VICTORIA NULAND, SPOKESPERSON
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Head U.S. Delegation to the UN
Conference on Sustainable Development
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will head the U.S. delegation to
the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20, which will
take place June 20-22 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Secretary also plans to
meet with key world leaders while at the conference.
Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will
serve as alternate head of delegation, and Todd Stern, Special Envoy on Climate
Change, will serve as chief negotiator. This conference commemorates 20 years
since the June 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (the "Earth
Summit").
In addition to Secretary Clinton, Administrator Jackson, and Special Envoy
Stern, the U.S. Delegation will include the following U.S. government
representatives:
.. Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Ambassador of the United States to
Brazil
.. Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental
Quality
.. Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
.. Ambassador Elizabeth Cousens, U.S. Representative to the UN Economic and
Social Council
.. Carlos Pascual, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy
Affairs, Department of State
.. Reta Jo Lewis, Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental
Affairs, Department of State
.. Kris Balderston, Special Representative for Global Partnerships,
Department of State
.. Don Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Agency for International
Development
.. Elizabeth L. Littlefield, President and CEO, Overseas Private Investment
Corporation
Other members of the U.S. Delegation include technical experts from the
Department of State, the United States Mission to the UN, the United States
Agency for International Development, the Environmental Protection Agency, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the United States Trade
Representative, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy and the
Treasury Department. They will also be accompanied by nine Private Sector
Advisors representing business, state and local officials, non-government
organizations, youth, women, and labor.
(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. )
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