will focus on the health of mothers and of children and we must come together to prevent, detect and fight every of biological danger, mr. it's a pandemic like h1n1 or a terrorist threat or a treatable disease. this week, america signed an agreement with the world health organization to affirm our commitment to meet this challenge, and today i urge all nations to join us in meeting the goal of making sure that all nations have capacity to address public health emergencies in place by 2012. that is what our commitment to the health of our people demands. to preserve our planet, we must not put off action that climate change demands. we have to tap the power of science to save those resources that are scarce. and together, we must continue to build on our progress made ph koppen