Negotiators worldwide are set to attend the thirteenth session of the Conference of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that will take place from December 3 to 14, 2007 in the island of the gods, Bali of Indonesia.
The Bali conference will hopefully be giving a solution to the much controversial debates over the issue of climate change such as deforestation and pollution.
As reported in Indonesian news agency Antara, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is likely to join the talks. UN spokesperson Michele Montas, as quoted by the agency in New York on Thursday, said that “he wants to maximize the opportunity provided by the summit to make progress on his signature issue.”
Even though the United States has yet to change its stance over the Kyoto Protocols agreement, the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia says in its latest press release that Washington is committed to advancing negotiations at the upcoming Bali conference. Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Dr. Paula Dobriansky will lead the U.S. delegation.
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement within the international Framework Convention on Climate Change aimed at reducing greenhouse gases that has cause today’s global warming.
Both the United States and Australia have been opposed and have not signed the Kyoto Protocols agreement. Having Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard lost the election last week, those who have ratified the protocol can have a more release since new Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has assured the world that Australia will sign the agreement in the upcoming convention.
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