July 21, 2001
H.E. George W. Bush
President of the United States of America

Dear Mr. President;

We would like you and your government to ratify the Kyoto Protocol concluded in the Third Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in December 1997, that the United States also attended to decide each country's amount of greenhouse gas emission.

It's the urgent challenge for all the creatures on this planet as well as human beings to prevent global warming at the earliest possible opportunity. It's so serious issue that whatever differences of race, nationality, ethnic, religion, culture, language, or political system becomes a trifle.

Now, the United States with the largest greenhouse gas emission tries to keep competitive advantage of your industry seeking only immediate gain. Moreover, your country not only denies ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, but also declares seceding from the international society. We have to regard your action as egoism abandoning the status and honor of "the world leader" that your nation is proud with.

We would like to require you, with our deepest with to prevent further deterioration of environment, to act harmoniously with governments and nations in the world, to return to the framework of the Kyoto Protocol immediately, and to make the Protocol effective in 2002.

Respectfully yours,

The Most Rev. Tatsuo Miyake
Senior Chief Minister,
Konko Church of Izuo