Timothy E. Wirth (U.S.A.)蒂莫西·沃思

　　蒂莫西•沃思是联合国基金会和更美好世界基金会的主席。两大组织都是在1998年通过特德•特纳的大额捐助而成立的，旨在支持、加强联合国的工作。

　　1986年沃思进入美国参议院，当时他就非常关注环境问题。1988年他组织了具有历史意义的关于气候变化的“汉森听证会”。他和他的亲密战友、已故参议员约翰•海因茨共同撰写了“88项目”，开创性地提出了“排放限制与交易”思想，并且被纳入1990年“洁净空气法案修正案”。他还起草了影响深远的“科罗拉多原野法案”，并于1993年立法通过。

　　沃思是克林顿-戈尔大选的主持人之一，从1993至1997年任职于美国国务院，担任主管全球事务的第一副国务卿。 1994年他率领美国代表团出席“开罗人口和发展大会”，也是“京都气候大会”上的美方首席谈判员。1997年沃思辞去政府官职，应特德•特纳之邀担任新成立的联合国基金会主席。

　　联合国基金会自1998年成立以来，沃思一直担任其主席职务，负责组织、制定基金会的使命和资助重点，这些重点资助项目包括环境问题、妇女和人口问题、儿童健康、和平、安全和人权问题。基金会还致力于各种公共事业，积极筹集资金，为联合国加强体制化而努力。

　　沃思还是哈佛监察理事会的理事，并且刚刚被联合国环境署授予“地球卫士”荣誉称号。

　　Timothy E. Wirth is the president of the UN Foundation and the Better World Fund. Both organizations were founded in 1998 through a major financial commitment from Ted Turner to support and strengthen the work of the United Nations.

　　Wirth was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, where he focused on environmental issues. In 1988, he organized the historic Hansen hearings on climate change. With his close friend, the late Senator John Heinz (R-PA), he authored “Project 88,” outlining the groundbreaking “Cap and Trade” idea, which became law in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. He authored the far-reaching Colorado Wilderness Bill, which became law in 1993.

　　Wirth was national co-chair of the Clinton-Gore campaign, and served in the U.S. Department of State as the first undersecretary for global affairs from 1993 to 1997. He chaired the United States Delegation at the 1994 Cairo Conference on Population and Development, and was the lead U.S. negotiator for the Kyoto Climate Conference until he resigned from the Administration in late 1997 to accept Ted Turner’s invitation to be president of the newly created UN Foundation.

　　As president of the UN Foundation since its inception in early 1998, Wirth has organized and led the formulation of our mission and program priorities, which include the environment, women and population, children’s health, and peace, security and human rights. We also engage in extensive public advocacy, fund-raising and institutional strengthening efforts on behalf of the United Nations.

　　He also served as a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers. He was recently honored as a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Program.