US-Africa
Energy Minister's Summit
Dear GENI
Friend,
We have
just returned from the US-African Energy Minister's
Summit in Tucson. It was a huge opportunity to forward
our work — as 48 African Ministers travelled
around the world to find common ground in their desire
to improve the quality of life on the continent.
Attached
is their Joint
Statement on Sustainable Development and Cooperation
in Support of the Environment.
As you
already know, Africa has multiple challenges to deal
with. What's notable is their agreement to tackle
these issues in the open, and in a spirit of enhancing
the condition of the whole as they work within the
confines of their national governments.
Out of
your support, I am thrilled to report the influence
we had on the summit. You'll see under Targeted
Areas for Cooperation, the first item is: Regional
Energy Integration; programs and activities, among
government and public and private sectors, to promote:
If placement
is at all important, we made the top of the list!
More than
ever before, your
backing enabled us to produce more international
cooperation during the past year. Both Latin American
and African Ministers have now committed to this strategy
for their common welfare. And if the stars all line
up, San Diego (with GENI's full participation) will
be hosting the Asian Energy Ministers in May 2000.
Our work is definitely accelerating globally, and
you deserve much of the credit.
Happy holidays
to you and your family,
Peter Meisen
President
p.s. Our
desire is to be the favorite check you write every
month. We don't wish to be just another bill —
instead, a promise that carries the hopes expressed
so well by the African Ministers. Please consider
a renewed pledge to The GENI Initiative for the
new millennium.
Keywords
: US-Africa Energy Minister's Summit , electricity
,grid interconnection and power pooling, transmission
development, global energy network institute, international
electricity transmission, grid, power, environmental
educational programs, peace.
