During the joint press conference yesterday, the President of COP 15 Connie Hedegaard and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer stressed that has reached an important phase with the high-level meeting soon to begin.
Ms. Hedegaard said that to achieve the desired success "Ministers must commit and focus in the next 48 hours." While ministers have started a session of hard work, also yesterday, Mr. de Boer pointed out that "there is still much to do." The ministers were consulted late at night on more important issues, such as reducing emissions targets, the actions of developing countries and long-term financial benefits. The Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen, invited everyone to reach an ambitious, fair and efficient outcome, "translating the current political moment in a quantum leap."
Ms. Hedegaard said that to achieve the desired success "Ministers must commit and focus in the next 48 hours." While ministers have started a session of hard work, also yesterday, Mr. de Boer pointed out that "there is still much to do." The ministers were consulted late at night on more important issues, such as reducing emissions targets, the actions of developing countries and long-term financial benefits. The Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen, invited everyone to reach an ambitious, fair and efficient outcome, "translating the current political moment in a quantum leap."
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said that "today we can write a different future" and after greeting welcomes the commitment of 10 billion dollars a year that developed countries domeranno, said the "Protocol Kyoto remains the only legal instrument that sees a commitment to reduce emissions. "
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize, said that "no international conference ends with a perfect document, but there is a need to create the basis for a common ground of honesty, transparency and accountability."
Today, after the close of business yesterday, are scheduled from 10:00 on the meetings of Prime Ministers of the COP / CMP for the discussion of two draft document of the Ad Hoc Working Group (AWG).
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