The Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, President Bill Clinton, and his Office were instrumental in promoting the integration of recovery efforts at the global level and in stressing the need to incorporate risk reduction in recovery.The critical role played by the United States, and especially the relentless dedication and unequivocal commitment of President Bill Clinton, has been massive and constructive.At those talks, Israel presented, in the words of United States President Bill Clinton, "a territorial proposal, which is quite significant".A year after the 1992 treaty, President Bill Clinton tried to pass an energy tax that would have helped the US to begin reducing its dependence on fossil fuels.