Edward M. Kennedy: “an important international workshop on the environment took place at the White Oak Conference Center in Yulee, FL from…”

“an important international workshop on the environment took place at the White Oak Conference Center in Yulee, FL from February 24 to 27. Sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences with funding from the Howard Gilman Foundation, it was cochaired by my constituent and long-time friend and adviser, Professor Charles M. Haar of Harvard Law School, and by Simeon Bozhanov, environmental adviser to the President of Bulgaria; Oleg Kolbasov, counselor at the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, Russia; Yuri Kostenko, Minister for Environmental Protection in Ukraine; and Yuri Shemshouchenko, director of the Institute of State and Law, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Ukraine. Dr. James A. Smith, executive director of the Howard Gilman Foundation represented the foundation at the Gilman White Oak Plantation and Conference Center, which encompasses the largest private wildlife preserve in the country. This was the third in a series of meetings involving ministers, officials, lawyers, academics, and administrators of the United States and Eastern European countries and former republics of the Soviet Union. Such international conversations foster a greater understanding of common problems and potential solutions for achieving sound environmental policies and practices. This year the meeting concentrated upon regional water problems.”