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Treasury Under Secretary of International Affairs John Taylor and Peruvian Ambassador Allan Wagner will participate in a signing ceremony on Wednesday, June 26, 2002 in the Department of the Treasury’s Diplomatic Reception Room. The debt-for-nature swap, a provision of the U.S. Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998, will relieve Peru of debt payments in exchange for the preservation of its tropical forests. Representatives from Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, and the World Wildlife Fund will also be present for the signing.
Media without Treasury or White House press credentials planning to attend should contact Treasury's Office of Public Affairs at (202) 622-2960 with the following information: name, social security number and date of birth. This information may also be faxed to (202) 622-1999.
What: Peru Debt Swap Signing Ceremony
Time: 12:15 p.m. EDT
Where: U.S. Department of the Treasury,
Diplomatic Reception, Room 3311
1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington D.C