Speakers

Timothy E. Wirth is president of the United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund, organizations founded to support the work of the UN especially in the areas of the environment, women and population, children’s health and peace, and security and human rights. From 1975 to 1987, he represented Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District and concentrated his efforts in the House of Representatives on communications technology and budget policy. In 1986, he was elected to the U.S. Senate where he focused on environmental issues, especially global climate change and population stabilization. From 1993 to 1997, he served in the U.S. Department of State as the first undersecretary for global affairs, coordinating U.S. foreign policy in the areas of refugees, population, environment, science, human rights, and narcotics.