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Advocacy and Exchange Program on Agent Orange

Declaration and Plan of Action

On June 16th, 2010, members of The U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin unveiled a comprehensive 10-year Plan of Action to address the toxic legacy of Agent Orange and other herbicides in Vietnam. The group called upon the U.S. and Vietnamese governments to join with other governments, foundations, businesses, and nonprofits in a partnership to clean up dioxin “hot spots” still causing illness and disabilities in Vietnam, and to expand humanitarian services for people with disabilities in that country. The Declaration and Plan of Action, along with video of the launch event is available below.

Download the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group Declaration and Plan of Action

Watch video from the launch event


The following individuals and organizations have agreed to endorse the Declaration and 10-year Plan of Action. This list includes all of the members of the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin and several other individuals engaged in this effort.

Salam Al-Marayati
Executive Director
Muslim Public Affairs Council

Carroll Arthur Baltimore, Sr.,
First Vice President
Progressive National Baptist Convention

Mark E. Battista, MD, JD**
President and CEO
Medical Care Development, Inc.

Susan Berresford*
Former President of the Ford Foundation
Convener, US-Vietnam Dialogue Group

Sr. Simone Campbell, SSS
Executive Director
NETWORK, a Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Rev. Richard Cizik
President
New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good

Sr. J. Lora Dambroski, OSF**
Past President
Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)

Lt. General Phung Khac Dang*
Vice President
Vietnam Veterans Association

Susan Hammond
Director
War Legacies Project

Mary Dolan-Hogrefe*
Senior Advisor and Director of Public Policy
National Organization on Disability

Bob Edgar
President and CEO
Common Cause

Sr. Maureen Fiedler, SL
Member
The Loretto Community

Virginia B. Foote
President
US- Vietnam Trade Council Education Forum

Carol Glazer
President
National Organization on Disability

Rabbi Steve Gutow
President & CEO
Jewish Council for Public Affairs

Victor W.C. Hsu**
Former Director
United Nations Office of the World Council of Churches

Sr. Mary Hughes, OP**
President-elect
Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)

Walter Isaacson*
President & CEO, The Aspen Institute
American Co-chair, U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group

Rev. Michael Livingston** 
Executive Director
International Council of Community Churches

Do Hoang Long*
Director, People to People Relations Department
Party External Relations Committee

William Mayer*
President and CEO, Park Avenue Equity Partners
Chairman Emeritus, the Aspen Institute

Sr. Catherine Mueller, SL
President
The Loretto Community

Stephen Nichols
President
Chino Cienega Foundation

Paulette Nancy Peterson
Member
The Loretto Community

Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong*
Chief of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Medical University of Ho Chi Minh City

John Prados
Author and Historian

Prof. Vo Quy*
Center for Natural Resources & Environmental Studies
Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Governor Tom Ridge
Chairman
National Organization on Disability

Shariq A. Siddiqui
Executive Director
Muslim Alliance of Indiana

Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed
National Director, Office for Interfaith & Community Alliances
Islamic Society of North America

Vaughan C. Turekian*
Chief International Officer
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Sr. Marlene Weisenbeck, FSPA**
President
Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)

Christine Todd Whitman*
President
Whitman Strategy Group

James Winkler
General Secretary
United Methodist General Board of Church and Society

Ambassador Ngo Quang Xuan*
Vietnamese Co-chair, U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group;
Vice Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee
Vietnam National Assembly

* Member of the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin
** Institutional affiliation for identification purposes only


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