United States of America
Ambassador John F. Sammis
The United States has been a member of the United Nations (UN) since October 24, 1945. John F. Sammis is the United States’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Sammis’s statement during UN General Assembly debate on July 28, 2010. The United States is deeply committed to finding solutions to our world’s water challenges. We support the goal of universal access to safe drinking water. Water and sanitation issues will also be an important focus at September’s Millennium Development Goal summit. The United States is committed to working with our development partners to build…
